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ADJECTIVE | 1 | home | Used of your own ground |
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2 | home | Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are | |
3 | home, interior, internal, national | Inside the country | |
ADVERB | 1 | home | At or to or in the direction of one's home or family |
2 | home | On or to the point aimed at | |
3 | home | To the fullest extent | |
NOUN | 1 | home, place | Where you live at a particular time |
2 | home, dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house | Housing that someone is living in | |
3 | home | The country or state or city where you live | |
4 | home | An environment offering affection and security | |
5 | home, nursing home, rest home | An institution where people are cared for | |
6 | home, base | The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | |
7 | home, family, household, house, menage | A social unit living together | |
8 | home, home plate, home base, plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands | |
9 | home | Place where something began and flourished | |
VERB | 1 | home | Provide with, or send to, a home |
2 | home | Return home accurately from a long distance |
Sounds | hhow'm |
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Rhymes | aerodrome, astrodome, biome, and 26 more rhymes in owm at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Used of your own ground. |
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Examples | "a home game" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Contrary | away |
Meaning | Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are. |
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Examples | "my home town" |
Nouns | home |
Meaning | Inside the country. |
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Examples | "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior" |
Synonyms | interior, internal, national |
Similar to | domestic |
Meaning | Where you live at a particular time. |
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Examples | "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to" |
Synonyms | place |
Narrower | home away from home, home from home |
Broader | residence, abode |
Verbs | home |
Meaning | Housing that someone is living in. |
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Examples | "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
Synonyms | dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house |
Parts | bathroom, bath; bedroom, sleeping room, chamber, bedchamber; den; dining room, dining-room; dressing room; family room; kitchen; living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour |
Narrower | cliff dwelling; condominium, condo; fixer-upper; hearth, fireside; hermitage; homestead; house; lake dwelling, pile dwelling; lodge, indian lodge; messuage; semi-detached house; vacation home; yurt |
Broader | housing, lodging, living accommodations |
Adjectives | domestic |
Verbs | home |
Meaning | The country or state or city where you live. |
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Examples | "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey" |
Broader | location |
Adjectives | home |
Meaning | An environment offering affection and security. |
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Examples | "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home" |
Broader | environment |
Verbs | home |
Meaning | An institution where people are cared for. |
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Examples | "a home for the elderly" |
Synonyms | nursing home, rest home |
Broader | institution |
Verbs | home |
Meaning | The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end. |
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Synonyms | base |
Broader | location |
Meaning | A social unit living together. |
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Examples | "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" |
Synonyms | family, household, house, menage |
Narrower | nuclear family, conjugal family; extended family; foster family; foster home; menage a trois |
Broader | unit, social unit |
Verbs | home |
Meaning | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands. It must be touched by a base runner in order to score. |
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Examples | "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" |
Synonyms | home plate, home base, plate |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | base, bag |
Meaning | Place where something began and flourished. |
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Examples | "the United States is the home of basketball" |
Broader | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source |
Meaning | At or to or in the direction of one's home or family. |
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Examples | "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" |
Meaning | On or to the point aimed at. |
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Examples | "the arrow struck home" |
Meaning | To the fullest extent. To the heart. |
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Examples | "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home" |
Meaning | Provide with, or send to, a home. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | house, put up, domiciliate |
Nouns | home; home; home; home |
Meaning | Return home accurately from a long distance. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Broader | return, go back, get back, come back |
Nouns | home |