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home
noun
1》 the place where one lives permanently.
    ↘a house or flat.
2》 an institution for people needing professional care.
3》 a place where something flourishes or from which it originated.
4》 the finishing point in a race.
5》 (in games) the place where a player is free from attack.
6》 (in lacrosse) each of the three players nearest their opponents' goal.
adjective
1》 relating to one's home.
    ↘made, done, or intended for use in the home.
2》 relating to one's own country.
3》 (of a team or player) belonging to the place in which a sporting event occurs.
    ↘played on a team's own ground.
adverb
1》 to or at one's home.
2》 to the end or conclusion of something.
3》 to the intended or correct position: he slid the bolt home.
verb
1》 (of an animal) return by instinct to its territory.
2》 (home in on) move or be aimed towards.
3》 provide (a pet) with a home.
Phrases
at home
1》 comfortable and at ease.
2》 ready to receive visitors.
bring something home to make (someone) realize the significance of something.
close (or near) to home (of a remark) accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable.
come home Golf play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen.
drive (or hammer) something home stress a point forcefully.
hit (or strike) home (of words) have the intended effect.
↘(of the significance of a situation) be fully realized.
home and dry (N. Amer. home free, Austral./NZ home and hosed) having achieved one's objective.
(a) home from (or N. Amer. away from) home a place where one feels as comfortable as in one's own home.
Derivatives
homeless adjective
homelessness noun
homelike adjective
Origin
OE hām, of Gmc origin.

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