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Found 9 hits - Term: home, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
home \home\ h=om, n. zool.
   see homelyn.
   1913 webster
see also:
homelyn 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
home \home\ h=om; 110, n. oe. hom, ham, as. h=am; akin to
   os. h=em, d.  g. heim, sw. hem, dan. hiem, icel. heimr
   abode, world, heima home, goth. haims village, lith.
   k"emas, and perh. to gr. kw`mh village, or to e. hind a
   peasant; cf. skr. ksh=ema abode, place of rest, security,
   kshi to dwell. root20, 220.
   1. one's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives;
      esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the
      habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.
      1913 webster

            the disciples went away again to their own home.
                                                  --john xx. 10.
      1913 webster

            home is the sacred refuge of our life. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            home home sweet, sweet home
            there's no place like home.           --payne.
      1913 webster

   2. one's native land; the place or country in which one
      dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
      "our old home england." --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   3. the abiding place of the affections, especially of the
      domestic affections.
      1913 webster

            he entered in his house -- his home no more,
            for without hearts there is no home.  --byron.
      1913 webster

   4. the locality where a thing is usually found, or was first
      found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat;
      as, the home of the pine.
      1913 webster

            her eyes are homes of silent prayer.  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            flandria, by plenty made the home of war. --prior.
      1913 webster

   5. a place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for
      outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave;
      the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling
      place of the soul.
      1913 webster

            man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go
            about the streets.                    --eccl. xii.
                                                  5.
      1913 webster

   6. baseball the home base; as, he started for home.
      1913 webster

   at home.
      a at one's own house, or lodgings.
      b in one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at
          home.
      c prepared to receive callers.

   home department, the department of executive
      administration, by which the internal affairs of a country
      are managed. eng.

   to be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar
      with it.

   to feel at home, to be at one's ease.

   to make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as
      much freedom as if at home.

   syn: tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
        1913 webster
see also:
home base at home home department to be at home on any subject to feel at home to make one's self at home 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
home \home\, adv.
   1. to one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come
      home, carry home.
      1913 webster

   2. close; closely.
      1913 webster

            how home the charge reaches us, has been made out.
                                                  --south.
      1913 webster

            they come home to men's business and bosoms.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. to the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to
      the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a
      cartridge home.
      1913 webster

            wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: home is often used in the formation of compound words,
         many of which need no special definition; as,
         home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc.
         1913 webster

   to bring home. see under bring.

   to come home.
      a to touch or affect personally. see under come.
      b naut. to drag toward the vessel, instead of holding
          firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an anchor.
          

   to haul home the sheets of a sail naut., to haul the
      clews close to the sheave hole. --totten.
      1913 webster
see also:
to bring home bring to come home come to haul home the sheets of a sail 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
home \home\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
      not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
      1913 webster

   2. close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
      1913 webster

   3. games in various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
      progress; goal; as:
      a baseball the plate at which the batter stands; same
          as home base and home plate.
      b lacrosse the place of a player in front of an
          opponent's goal; also, the player.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   home base or home plate baseball, the base at which the
      batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
      be reached in scoring a run.

   home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
      adjacent to the residence of the owner.

   home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
      stands. u. s.

   home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
      country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
      means of a governing power vested in the people within the
      country itself, in contradistinction to a government
      established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
      ireland. also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
      parliament.

   home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.

   home stretch sport., that part of a race course between
      the last curve and the winning post.

   home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
      wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
      attack.
      1913 webster
see also:
home base home plate home base home plate home farm grounds 
home lot home rule home ruler home stretch home thrust 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
home \home\ h=om, v. i.
   1. to return home.
      pjc

   2. to proceed toward an object or location intended as a
      target; -- of missiles which can change course in flight
      under internal or external control; usually used with in
      on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.
      pjc

   3. fig. to arrive at or get closer to an object sought or
      an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman
      quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.
      pjc

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
homelyn \home"lyn\, n. scot. hommelin. zool
   the european sand ray raia maculata; -- called also
   home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
   1913 webster
see also:
raia maculata home mirror ray rough ray 
[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0
home
     adj 1: used of your own ground; "a home game" syn: homea
            ant: away
     2: relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots
        are; "my home town"
     3: inside the country; "the british home office has broader
        responsibilities than the united states department of the
        interior"; "the nation's internal politics" syn: homea,
         interiora, internal, national
     n 1: 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?" syn: place
     2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
        dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
        homes for the homeless" syn: dwelling, domicile, abode,
         habitation, dwelling house
     3: 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"
     4: 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"
     5: an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the
        elderly" syn: nursing home, rest home
     6: the place where you are stationed and from which missions
        start and end syn: base
     7: 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" syn: family, household,
         house, menage
     8: 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"
        syn: home plate, home base, plate
     9: place where something began and flourished; "the united
        states is the home of basketball"
     adv 1: 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"
     2: on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
     3: to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home";
        "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"
     v 1: provide with, or send to, a home
     2: return home accurately from a long distance; "homing
        pigeons"
see also:
homea away interiora internal national place 
dwelling domicile abode habitation dwelling house 
nursing home rest home base family household 
house menage home plate home base plate 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
181 moby thesaurus words for "home":
   heaven, paradise, va hospital, vaterland, a better place, abode,
   accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse,
   ancestral halls, asylum, at ease, at home, available, bailiwick,
   base hospital, birthplace, chimney corner, clinic, comfortable,
   commorancy, community hospital, composed, convalescent home,
   convalescent hospital, conversant with, cosy, cradle, cuttingly,
   deeply, destiny, diggings, digs, domal, domestic, domicile,
   domiciliary, dwelling, effectively, emphasize, eternal home,
   evacuation hospital, familiar with, family, family homestead, fate,
   fatherland, field hospital, fireplace, fireside, foster home,
   foyer, future state, general hospital, habitat, habitation,
   halfway house, harshly, haunt, haven, hearth, hearth and home,
   hearthstone, home place, home roof, home sweet home, homeground,
   homeland, homestead, homewards, hospice, hospital, hospitium,
   house, household, impress upon, in, infirmary, ingle, inglenook,
   ingleside, inland, inpatient clinic, institution, internal,
   intestine, la patrie, life after death, life to come,
   living quarters, locality, lodgings, maison de sante, make clear,
   manorial, mansional, menage, mental hospital, mother country,
   motherland, municipal, national, native, native environment,
   native land, native soil, next world, nursing home, orphanage,
   osteopathic hospital, otherworld, outpatient clinic, palatial,
   paternal roof, patria, peaceful, place, placid, policlinic,
   polyclinic, poor farm, poorhouse, postexistence, private hospital,
   proficient in, profoundly, proprietary hospital, public hospital,
   range, refuge, relaxed, residence, residency, residential,
   residentiary, rest home, retreat, roof, rooftree, sanatorium,
   serene, severely, shelter, sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, site,
   skilled in, snug harbor, soil, special hospital, stamping,
   station hospital, stress, surgical hospital, teaching hospital,
   tellingly, territory, the beyond, the good hereafter, the grave,
   the great beyond, the great hereafter, the hereafter,
   the old country, the unknown, toft, tranquil, untroubled, up on,
   veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, welcoming,
   well-baby clinic, what bodes, what is fated, workhouse,
   world to come




[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
home, ks
  zip codes: 66438
home, pa
  zip codes: 15747
home, wa
  zip codes: 98349


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