home

n.

1. A place where one lives; a residence.
2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
4. 1. An environment offering security and happiness.
   2. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
5. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.
6. The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.
7. The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.
8. A headquarters; a home base.
9. 1. Baseball. Home plate.
   2. Games. Home base.
10. An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.
11. Computer Science.
    1. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.
    2. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.

adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.
   2. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.
2. Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.
3. Sports. Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.
4. Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;.

adv.

1. At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.
2. On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.
3. To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.

v., homed, hom·ing, homes.

v.intr.

1. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
2. To be guided to a target automatically, as by means of radio waves.
3. To move or lead toward a goal: The investigators were homing in on the truth.

v.tr.
To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically.

idioms:

at home

1. Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.
2. Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.
3. Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.

home free

1. Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.

[Middle English, from Old English hām.]

noun

1. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British dig (used in plural). See protection/exposure.
2. The natural environment of an animal or plant: habitat, haunt, stamping ground. See territory.
3. An institution that provides care and shelter: asylum, hospice, hospital, shelter. See protection/exposure.

adjective

1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic, familial, family, homely, household. See kin, group.
2. Of, from, or within a country's own territory: domestic, internal, national, native. See native/foreign.

Idioms beginning with home:
homework
home free
home in on
home run
home truth

See also at home; bring home; bring home the bacon; chickens come home to roost; close to home Drive Home; eat someone out of house and home; make oneself at home; nobody home; nothing to write home about; till the cows come home.

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adj

Definition: domestic
Antonyms: business, commercial

n

Definition: place where human lives
Antonyms: office

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The differential migration of lymphocyte subsets across venules and into lymphoid tissues. Called also trafficking.

and homey; homie n. a buddy; a pal. (Originally between blacks. Also a term of address. See also holmes.)  Me and my homie want to go with you.

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IN BRIEF: A house where a family lives. Also: The place where something usually lives.

We arrived home after midnight last night.

Tutor's tip: "Hone" (sharpen) your social skills at "home" (where you live).

sign description: The closed AND hand begins at the mouth and then slides back to the cheek.

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Quotes:

"It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there." - Elsie De Wolfe

"I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure divine but minus the imperfections. Never did the Greeks reach a more significant consummation to their culture, and it somehow reminded me, in the glory of its chaste convulsions and in its swelling, sweeping, forward movement of finely progressing contours, of the Victory of Samothrace." - Edward Weston

"When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones." - Peter De Vries

"Home is the place where we are treated the best, but grumble the most." - Source Unknown

"One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge." - Mark Twain

"Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters?" - Henry David Thoreau

See more famous quotes about Home

Independence and dependency needs mark the feelings of going home. Home also represents security issues and childlike desires that need to be fulfilled. (See also Mansion).

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To follow a path of energy waves, especially radio or radar waves, by means of a directional antenna, radar equipment, or other sensing devices, to or toward the point of transmission or reflection of the waves.

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Home

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hjem, hus, hjemsted, fødested, institution, mål, mållinje
adj. - hjemlig, indenlandsk, indenrigs, indre
adv. - hjem, i mål
v. intr. - finde hjem, vende tilbage, søge hjem
v. tr. - sende hjem, huse, give et hjem

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    andet hjem
• come home to    komme hjem til
• get home    komme hjem, gå/tage hjem
• home and dry    være hjemme, være færdig, klare det
• home birth    hjemmefødsel
• home computer    hjemmecomputer
• home counties    grevskaberne nærmest London
• home economics    husholdningslære, hjemkundskab
• home front    hjemmeværn
• home ground    hjemmebane
• home help    hjemmehjælper, hushjælp
• home in    styre mod, komme på ret kurs
• Home Office    indenrigsministerium, hjemmekontor
• home owner    husejer, grundejer
• home page    hjemmeside
• home plate    spillesystem i baseball
• home rule    selvstyre, hjemmestyre
• home run    home run
• Home Secretary    indenrigsminister
• home shopping    teleshopping
• home straight    opløb, sidste etape
• home stretch    opløb, sidste etape
• home town    hjemby, fødeby
• home truth    velanbragt spydighed
• Make yourself at home    føl dig hjemme

Nederlands (Dutch)
thuis, aan huis, op zijn gemak, naar huis, waar iets thuishoort, huis, woning, domein, woonplaats, de huiselijke cirkel, huishouding, gezin, tehuis, zetel, bakermat, binnenland, thuishonk, binnenlands, plaatselijk, ter plaatse, huisvesten, wonen, naar huis gaan andere plek waar men zich thuisvoelt

Français (French)
n. - (gén) logement, maison, maison (de retraite, de santé), foyer (familial), pays, patrie, pays de (spécialité), lieu privilégié (tennis, golf), habitat, (fig) place
adj. - de famille, familial, du foyer, intérieur, (Sport) à domicile, qui reçoit (une équipe)
adv. - chez soi, à la maison, (lit) complètement, (fig) bien faire passer (un message), (fig) faire voir qch à, (fig) toucher juste
v. intr. - savoir retourner chez soi (un animal)
v. tr. - loger, recevoir

idioms:

• a home away from home    (US) c'est un second chez soi
• a home from home    (GB) c'est un second chez soi
• come home    rentrer chez soi/à la maison
• come home to someone    être très clair envers qn
• get home    rentrer chez soi
• home and dry    être sauvé
• home birth    accouchement à domicile
• home computer    ordinateur, PC
• home counties    (GB) comtés limitrophes de Londres
• home economics    (École) cours d'économie domestique
• home front    (Mil) l'arrière (durant la guerre), (Pol) pour les affaires intérieures
• home ground    (Sport) gagner à domicile, (fig) terrain familier
• home help    (GB) aide familiale
• home in    atteindre, se diriger sur (un missile)
• Home Office    (Pol) ministère de l'Intérieur
• home owner    propriétaire de maison
• home page    (Comput) page d'accueil
• home plate    (Sport) marbre, zone derrière laquelle se tient le batteur au base-ball
• home rule    (Pol) gouvernement autonome
• home run    (Sport) point marqué par le batteur (s'il réussit à toucher toutes les bases)
• Home Secretary    (Pol) Ministre de l'Intérieur
• home shopping    téléachat
• home straight    (Sport) (être) dans la dernière ligne droite
• home stretch    (Sport) (être) dans la dernière ligne droite
• home town    ville natale
• home truth    (dire) les quatre vérités à
• Make yourself at home    Mettez-vous à l'aise, Faites comme chez vous

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haus, Heimat, Ziel, Heim, Herkunft, Sitz
adj. - inländisch, Haus..., häuslich
v. - heimkehren, nach Hause zurückkehren, wohnen, ein Heim geben, zielen (auf), richten (auf)
adv. - heim, nach Hause, zu Hause

idioms:

• a home away from home    zweites Zuhause
• a home from home    ein Platz wie das Zuhause
• come home    jmdm. in vollem Ausmaß bewusst werden
• come home to someone    etw. bemerken
• get home    nach Hause kommen, das Ziel erreichen
• home and dry    sicher am Ziel
• home birth    Hausgeburt
• home computer    Homecomputer, Heimcomputer
• home counties    Grafschaften um London
• home economics    Hauswirtschaftslehre
• home front    Heimatfront
• home ground    heimischer Boden
• home help    Haushaltshilfe
• home in    das Ziel anfliegen
• Home Office    Innenministerium
• home owner    Hausbesitzer
• home page    (Comp) Homepage
• home plate    Schlagmal
• home rule    Selbstbestimmung, Autonomie
• home run    (Baseball) Lauf um sämtliche Male auf einen Schlag
• Home Secretary    Innenminister
• home shopping    Einkaufen von zu Hause mit Katalogen und Satelliten-TV
• home straight    Zielgerade
• home stretch    Zielgerade
• home town    Heimatstadt, Wohnort
• home truth    bittere Wahrheit
• Make yourself at home    fühl dich wie zu Hause

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατοικία, σπίτι, πατρίδα, γενέτειρα, καταφύγιο, άσυλο, ίδρυμα, οίκος, οικογένεια, έδρα (αγωνιζομένου)
adj. - εγχώριος, ντόπιος, οικογενειακός
v. - επιστρέφω στο σπίτι, κατευθύνω/-ομαι σε στόχο

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    (μια) δεύτερη πατρίδα, οικείο, φιλικό περιβάλλον
• come home to    γίνομαι αντιληπτός από
• get home    έρχομαι στο σπίτι ή στην πατρίδα μου, γίνομαι κατανοητός
• home and dry    σώος και αβλαβής
• home birth    τοκετός στο σπίτι
• home computer    οικιακός ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής
• home counties    οι κομητείες γύρω από το Λονδίνο
• home economics    οικιακή οικονομία, οικοκυρικά
• home front    εσωτερικό μέτωπο
• home ground    οικεία περιοχή/θέμα, γήπεδο της έδρας (μιας ομάδας)
• home help    οικιακή βοήθεια
• home in    εντοπίζω στόχο
• Home Office    (Βρετ.) Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών
• home owner    ιδιοκτήτης σπιτιού
• home page    (Η/Υ) αρχική σελίδα διαδικτυακής εφαρμογής
• home plate    (στο μπέιζμπολ) βάση παίκτη που χτυπά την μπάλα
• home rule    αυτοδιοίκηση, αυτονομία, αυτοδιάθεση
• home run    (αθλοπ.) (κατεβασιά και) σκοράρισμα
• Home Secretary    Υπουργός Εσωτερικών
• home shopping    ψώνια από το σπίτι (τηλεφωνικά, από καταλόγους, μέσω Διαδικτύου)
• home straight    τελική ευθεία ιπποδρομίας
• home stretch    τελική ευθεία κούρσας
• home town    γενέτειρα
• home truth    πικρή αλήθεια
• Make yourself at home    Βολέψου! Σαν στο σπίτι σου!
• old people's home    οίκος ευγηρίας

Italiano (Italian)
in casa, in patria, a casa, dimora, casa, base, nazionale, interno, domestico, tornare a casa, rinviare alla base

idioms:

• "Make yourself at home"    "fate come a casa vostra"
• a home (away) from home    come casa propria
• home and dry    riuscito, sano e salvo
• home birth    parto in casa
• home counties    dintorni di Londra
• home economics    economia domestica
• home ground    proprio campo, "in casa"
• home help    aiuto domestico
• home in    dirigersi, essere puntato
• Home Office    ministero dell'interno
• home owner    proprietario di casa
• home plate    casa base
• home rule    autogoverno
• home run    home run
• Home Secretary    ministro dell'interno
• home shopping    spesa da casa (ordinando per telefono)
• home straight/stretch    dirittura d'arrivo
• home town    città natia
• home truth    verità spiacevole
• nothing to write home about    nulla di cui particolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lar (f), casa (f), abrigo, lugar (f) de origem, pátria (f)
adj. - doméstico
v. - ir ou voltar para casa, ter casa, prover (dar ou colocar em) casa

idioms:

• "Make yourself at home"    A casa é sua!
• a home (away) from home    um lar longe de casa
• children's home    abrigo (m) infantil, orfanato (m)
• come home to    voltar para sua casa em
• get home    chegar em casa
• home and dry    tendo atingido seu objetivo (GB.)
• home birth    nascimento (m) doméstico
• home counties    condados (m pl) vizinhos a Londres (Brit.)
• home economics    economia (f) doméstica
• home front    setor (m) civil de uma nação em guerra
• home ground    terreno (m) familiar
• home help    assistência (f) social familiar (Brit.)
• home in    dirigir-se ao alvo (Balíst.)
• Home Office    Ministério (m) do Interior (Brit.)
• home owner    proprietário (m)
• home plate    base (beisebol) (Desp.)
• home rule    governo (m) autônomo
• home run    corrida (f) máxima no beisebol (Desp.), sucesso (m) (fig.)
• Home Secretary    chefe (m) do Ministério do Interior (Brit.)
• home shopping    comprar por telefone ou televisão
• home straight/stretch    reta (f) final (em qualquer atividade)
• home town    cidade (f) natal
• home truth    verdade (f) nua e crua
• nothing to write home about    nada fora do comum

Русский (Russian)
дом, семья, родина, приют, домашний, родной, жилой, внутренний, находиться дома, попасть в цель, возвращаться домой

idioms:

• "Make yourself at home"    будьте как дома
• a home (away) from home    домашний уют вне дома
• children's home    детский приют
• come home to    разузнать, выведать
• get home    занять прежнее положение, попасть в цель, иметь успех
• home and dry    выйти сухим из воды, удачно выбраться из передряги
• home birth    роды в домашних, не больничных условиях
• home counties    графства, окружающие Лондон
• home economics    домашнее хозяйство
• home front    тыл
• home ground    на своем поле
• home help    помощь по дому
• home in    сосредоточивать, фокусировать на чем-л.
• Home Office    министерство внутренних дел
• home owner    домовладелец
• home plate    резиновая плита в верхней части бейсбольной площадки
• home rule    самоуправление, гомруль
• home run    удар в бейсболе
• Home Secretary    Министр внутренних дел
• home shopping    покупки с помощью Интернета или каталогов, рассылаемых на дом
• home straight/stretch    финишная прямая
• home town    родной город
• home truth    горькая правда
• nothing to write home about    нечем хвастаться

Español (Spanish)
n. - casa, hogar, morada, base del bateador, cuna
adj. - casero, hogareño, del hogar
adv. - en casa, hacia la casa, hacia la patria
v. intr. - dirigir (misiles), volver a casa, residir
v. tr. - albergar

idioms:

• a home away from home    un hogar fuera del hogar, una segunda casa
• a home from home    un hogar fuera del hogar, una segunda casa
• come home    volver a la casa
• come home to someone    tener alguien que espera en la casa
• get home    llegar a casa
• home and dry    tener la victoria asegurada
• home birth    dar a luz en la casa
• home computer    computador para uso en el hogar
• home counties    los condados alrededor de Londres
• home economics    economía doméstica, hogar
• home front    frente nacional, nivel interno
• home ground    terreno conocido, el campo de casa
• home help    atención domiciliaria
• home in    dirigirse hacia el blanco
• Home Office    Ministerio del Interior
• home owner    propietario de su vivienda
• home page    página principal
• home plate    base meta, base del bateador
• home rule    autonomía, gobierno autónomo
• home run    carretera completa del bateador
• Home Secretary    Ministro del Interior
• home shopping    pedidos por teléfono o carta
• home straight    recta final
• home stretch    recta final
• home town    ciudad natal, ciudad de residencia
• home truth    verdades bien claras
• Make yourself at home    ¡está Ud. en su casa!, póngase cómodo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hem, bostad, hemort, -land, anstalt, tillhåll (zool.), växtplats, hemmamatch, mål (i spel)
adj. - hem-, hembygds-, inhemsk, hemgjord, hushålls-, effektiv, huvud-
v. - återvända hem, anflyga mot, bo, ge hem åt, styra (mot målet)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
家, 故乡, 避难所, 家庭的, 有效的, 国内的, 在家, 到家, 回家, 回本国, 自动导航, 把...送回家, 为...提供住处

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    像在家里一样安适和自由的地方
• come home to    被清楚地理解, 被完全理会
• get home    回家
• home and dry    达到目的, 大功告成
• home birth    本国生的, 内地生的, 土产的
• home computer    家用计算机
• home counties    伦敦周围各郡
• home economics    家政学
• home front    大后方
• home ground    球队自己的球场, 自己的地盘
• home help    家务女佣
• home in    熟悉, 精通, 移向, 朝向, 把注意力集中于...
• Home Office    内政部
• home owner    屋主
• home page    主页
• home plate    本垒板
• home rule    地方自治, 内部自治
• home run    全垒打
• Home Secretary    内政部长, 内政大臣
• home shopping    无需出家门就可做的购物, 指邮购电视电话或计算机购物
• home straight    赛马等用跑道的终点直道
• home stretch    最后部分, 最后阶段
• home town    故乡, 家乡
• home truth    令人难堪的事实, 令人不愉快的事实
• Make yourself at home    无拘无束, 自在

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 家, 故鄉, 避難所
adj. - 家庭的, 有效的, 國內的
adv. - 在家, 到家, 回家, 回本國
v. intr. - 回家, 自動導航
v. tr. - 把...送回家, 為...提供住處

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    像在家裡一樣安適和自由的地方
• come home to    被清楚地理解, 被完全理會
• get home    回家
• home and dry    達到目的, 大功告成
• home birth    本國生的, 內地生的, 土產的
• home computer    家用電腦
• home counties    倫敦周圍各郡
• home economics    家政學
• home front    大後方
• home ground    球隊自己的球場, 自己的地盤
• home help    家務女傭
• home in    熟悉, 精通, 移向, 朝向, 把注意力集中於...
• Home Office    內政部
• home owner    屋主
• home page    主頁
• home plate    本壘板
• home rule    地方自治, 內部自治
• home run    全壘打
• Home Secretary    內政部長, 內政大臣
• home shopping    無需出家門就可做的購物, 指郵購電視電話或電腦購物
• home straight    賽馬等用跑道的終點直道
• home stretch    最後部分, 最後階段
• home town    故鄉, 家鄉
• home truth    令人難堪的事實, 令人不愉快的事實
• Make yourself at home    無拘無束, 自在

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집, 가정, 고향, 수용소, 안식처
adj. - 가정의, 적절한, 중앙의
adv. - 자기 집에, 과녁에 맞아, 바다에서 해안 쪽으로, 푹
v. intr. - 제집에 돌아오다, ~에 집을 가지다, 표적을 향해가다
v. tr. - 집에 돌려 보내다, ~에게 집을 주다, ~를 향하게 하다

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    마치 제 집 같은 곳
• come home to    ~이 절실히 느껴지다, 가슴에 사무치다
• get home    귀착하다, 적중하다
• home in    (미사일 등의 목표를)향하여 자동으로 나아가다
• Make yourself at home    편히 하십시오

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - わが家, 家庭, 生息地, 本場, 発祥地, 根拠地, 故郷, 故国, 本国, 決勝点, 本塁, 療養所, 家, 住居, 宿泊所, 収容所
adj. - 家庭の, 故郷の, 自国の, 胸にこたえる, ぐさりと急所をつく, 本拠の, 本拠地で行われる, 本国の
adv. - わが家へ, 自国へ, 家に, ぐさりと
v. - 家に帰る, 巣に帰る

idioms:

• a home (away) from home    憩いの場, くつろげる場所
• at home    在宅して, 自宅で, 在宅日で, 自国に, 精通して, 気楽に, くつろいで
• children's home    孤児院
• come home to    痛切に感じられる
• get home    帰り着く, 一着ではいる
• hit home    心を傷付ける
• home and dry    目的を達して
• home birth    出生地の
• home counties    ロンドンを取り巻く諸州
• home economics    家政学, 家庭科
• home front    国内戦線
• home game    ホームゲーム
• home ground    熟知している分野
• home help    お手伝いさん, 家政婦, ホームヘルパー
• home in    向かって進む, 向かって進ませる
• home match    ホームゲーム
• Home Office    本社
• home owner    家主
• home plate    本塁, ホームプレート
• home rule    地方自治
• home run    ホームラン
• Home Secretary    内務大臣
• home shopping    ホームショッピング
• home straight/stretch    最後の直線コース, 仕事の最終部分
• home stretch    最後の直線コース, 最終追い込み
• home town    郷里, 現居住地
• home truth    目をつぶりたい事実

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بيت, منزل, الموطن للحيوان والنبات, وطن, مسقط الرأس, , المقر الرئيسي, ملجأ, الهدف في مختلف الالعاب (صفه) ذو علاقه بالبيت أو المنزل ألخ (فعل) يعود إلى البيت أو إلى الوطن, يعود الحيوان إلى موطنه من مسافه ما, يتخذ لنفسه مقرا, يبعث به إلى البيت أو الوطن أو الهدف, يؤوي وطن ثان بعيدا عن وطنه الأول يأخذ حريته في بيت شخص آخر وكأنه ببيته هو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית‬
adj. - ‮ביתי, פנימי, משפחתי‬
adv. - ‮בבית, הבייתה, אל היעד‬
v. intr. - ‮התביית‬
v. tr. - ‮שב הבייתה, חזר לבסיס, שלח הביתה, סיפק בית ל-‬

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