Home /(hōm)/

Home

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.
The disciples went away again to their own home.
— John xx. 10.

Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
— Dryden.

Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home.
— Payne.
One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home.
— Byron.
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.
Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.
— Tennyson.

Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.
— Prior.
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.
Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
— Eccl. xii. 5.
The home base; as, he started for home. (Baseball)

At home: At one's own house, or lodgings.
Home department: the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed.
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.

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal (Games)

Home base: 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,: the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.
Home lot: an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
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: 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.

adv.

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
Close; closely.
How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.
— South.

They come home to men's business and bosoms.
— Bacon.
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.
Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home.
— Shak.

To bring home: See under Bring.
To come home: To touch or affect personally. See under Come.
To haul home the sheets of a sail: to haul the clews close to the sheave hole.

v. i.

To return home.
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.
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. [fig.]