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1. home - noun

· where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

Synonym(s): place

Hypernym(s): residence, abode




2. home - noun

· housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

Synonym(s): dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling_house

Hypernym(s): housing, lodging, living_accommodations




3. home - noun

· the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"

Hypernym(s): location




4. home - noun

· (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"

Synonym(s): home_plate, home_base, plate

Hypernym(s): base, bag




5. home - noun

· the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonym(s): base

Hypernym(s): location




6. home - noun

· place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"

Hypernym(s): beginning, origin, root, rootage, source




7. home - noun

· an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"

Hypernym(s): environment




8. home - noun

· a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"; "the family refused to accept his will"

Synonym(s): family, household, house, menage

Hypernym(s): unit, social_unit




9. home - noun

· an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

Synonym(s): nursing_home, rest_home

Hypernym(s): institution




10. home - verb

· provide with, or send to, a home

Hypernym(s): house, put_up, domiciliate




11. home - verb

· return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"

Hypernym(s): return




12. home - adjective

· used of your own ground; "a home game"

Antonym(s): away




13. home - adjective

· relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town"




14. home - adjective

· inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

Synonym(s): interior, internal, national




15. home - adverb

· at or to or in the direction of one's home or family; "He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"; "I'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas"; "I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home"




16. home - adverb

· on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"




17. home - adverb

· to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"





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