Associations to the word «home»

HOME, noun. (heading) A dwelling.

HOME, noun. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.

HOME, noun. The place where a person was raised; Childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

HOME, noun. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

HOME, noun. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

HOME, noun. (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

HOME, noun. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

HOME, noun. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

HOME, noun. (heading) A focus point.

HOME, noun. (gaming) (in various games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.

HOME, noun. (baseball) Home plate.

HOME, noun. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.

HOME, noun. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.

HOME, noun. (US) (slang) Shortened form of homeboy.

HOME, verb. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.

HOME, adjective. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

HOME, adjective. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

HOME, adverb. To one’s home or country.

HOME, adverb. Close; closely.

HOME, adverb. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.

HOME, adverb. In one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.

HOME, adverb. (UK) (soccer) Into the goal.

HOME, adverb. (internet) To the home page.

HOME, noun. (computing) A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or on the Internet to the top of the web page.

HOME, proper noun. A habitational surname​.

HOME AND DRY, adjective. (idiomatic) Having safely reached one's target.

HOME AND HOSED, adjective. (Australia) (New Zealand) (idiomatic) Having safely reached one's target.

HOME AUTOMATION, noun. The automation of housework and household management.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME, noun. (idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

HOME BASE, noun. (baseball) Home plate.

HOME BASE, noun. (business) Headquarters.

HOME CARE, noun. Health care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals.

HOME CARE, noun. Health care provided in the patient's home by family and friends.

HOME CARER, noun. A health care professional that provides care in a person's own home.

HOME CARERS, noun. Plural of home carer

HOME CINEMA, noun. (UK) a system for showing cinema-quality films at home; usually comprised of high definition television and surround sound

HOME CINEMA, noun. (rare) (by extension) A dedicated room for such a system.

HOME CINEMAS, noun. Plural of home cinema

HOME COMPUTER, noun. (computer hardware) A computer intended for use in the home.

HOME COMPUTERS, noun. Plural of home computer

HOME COUNTIES, noun. All the English counties surrounding London

HOME COUNTRIES, noun. Plural of home country

HOME COUNTRY, noun. The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship

HOME DEPOT, noun. A place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field.

HOME DEPOT, proper noun. A chain of home improvement warehouse stores which combine the availability of large quantities of raw materials and tools.

HOME EC, abbreviation. Abbreviation of home economics.

HOME ECONOMICS, noun. The study of homemaking, including cookery, needlework, cleaning etc

HOME EDUCATION, noun. Homeschooling

HOME EQUITY, noun. The monetary value of a home less the value of any encumbrances, such as liens or mortgages.

HOME FARM, noun. (UK) Part of a country estate that is farmed by the landowner or an employed farm manager, while most of the estate is rented out to tenant farmers.

HOME FARMS, noun. Plural of home farm

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE, noun. (sports) The advantage a team enjoys from being on its usual playing field.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE, noun. (by extension) The advantage anyone enjoys from familiar surroundings or circumstances.

HOME FREE, adjective. Able to reaching a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments.

HOME FRIES, noun. Plural of home fry

HOME FRONT, noun. The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; or specifically the civilian sphere which supports a military effort

HOME FRY, noun. (mostly plural) A piece of fried, sliced or diced potato, part of a basic potato dish often including tomatoes, onions or peppers.

HOME GAME, noun. (idiomatic) (sports) An athletic contest played in a team's own geographic area.

HOME GAMES, noun. Plural of home game

HOME HELP, noun. Someone who provides medium- to long-term aid to a patient in their own home; a carer

HOME IN ON, verb. (military) (of an aircraft) To draw close to a destination, especially using radar; (of a guided missile) to move towards a target.

HOME IN ON, verb. (idiomatic) To focus or narrow down to something; to find, draw closer or move towards, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.

HOME INFORMATION PACK, noun. (British) A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP

HOME INFORMATION PACKS, noun. Plural of Home Information Pack

HOME INSPECTION, noun. An official inspection of a dwelling by a home inspector prior to its sale

HOME INSPECTOR, noun. A person who carries out the home inspection of a dwelling before it is sold

HOME INVASION, noun. A violent assault on the members of a household by intruders using forced entry.

HOME LOAN, noun. (countable) A mortgage on a house, or other type of residential property.

HOME LOANS, noun. Plural of home loan

HOME LOT, noun. An enclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.

HOME MOVIE, noun. A movie of one's personal life or activities.

HOME MOVIES, noun. Plural of home movie

HOME OFFICE, proper noun. (British) The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary

HOME OFFICE, noun. A room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home.

HOME OPEN, noun. (Western Australia) An open home. A period of time, usually several hours in a day, during which a house which is for sale is open for inspection or tour by interested parties.

HOME OPENS, noun. Plural of home open

HOME OWNERSHIP, noun. The ownership of a home, (or collectively) homes.

HOME PAGE, noun. The main or first page of a Web site or set of hyperlinked documents.

HOME PAGE, noun. The page set to open in a Web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked.

HOME PAGES, noun. Plural of home page

HOME PLATE, noun. (baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.

HOME PLATES, noun. Plural of home plate

HOME ROW, noun. Certain keys of the center row of alphabetical letters on typewriters and computer keyboards.

HOME ROWS, noun. Plural of home row

HOME RULE, noun. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or 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.

HOME RULER, noun. One who favors or advocates home rule.

HOME RUN, noun. ​(baseball) A four-base hit, a homer

HOME RUN, noun. (idiomatic) The portion of a journey that ends at home

HOME RUN, noun. (idiomatic) A success; especially, a popular success.

HOME RUN, noun. (idiomatic) Sexual intercourse.

HOME RUNS, noun. Plural of home run

HOME SCHOOL, verb. To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.

HOME SCHOOL, noun. A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution.

HOME SCHOOL, noun. (US) (dated) A boarding school

HOME SCHOOLED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of home school

HOME SCHOOLING, verb. Present participle of home school

HOME SCHOOLS, noun. Plural of home school

HOME SCHOOLS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home school

HOME SECRETARY, noun. (British) The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office

HOME SHOPPING, noun. The purchase of goods from home, either via cable TV or the Internet

HOME SIDE, noun. (sports) the team that plays at home (in their own stadium)

HOME SIDES, noun. Plural of home side

HOME SLICE, noun. (chiefly African American Vernacular English) A fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town.

HOME STRAIGHT, noun. (athletics) The straight part of a running track (or similar) leading to the finishing line.

HOME STRAIGHT, noun. (figuratively) (by extension) The final part of something, especially the final part with respect to time of a long process.

HOME STRAIGHTS, noun. Plural of home straight

HOME STRETCH, noun. The final part of a race course from the last curve to the finish line.

HOME STRETCH, noun. (idiomatic) The final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.

HOME SWEET HOME, noun. (idiomatic) One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.

HOME TAUGHT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of home teach

HOME TEACH, verb. (Mormonism) To teach as part of a home teaching assignment.

HOME TEACHER, noun. A person who home teaches or one who has a home teaching assignment.

HOME TEACHERS, noun. Plural of home teacher

HOME TEACHES, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home teach

HOME TEACHING, noun. (Mormonism) The responsibility of the priesthood in which a pair of priesthood holders visit another member's family to teach them LDS doctrine and see how they are doing.

HOME TEACHING, verb. Present participle of home teach

HOME TEAM, noun. (idiomatic) (sports) The team that's playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.

HOME TEAMS, noun. Plural of home team

HOME THEATER, noun. (US) a system for showing theater-quality films at home; usually comprised of high-definition television and surround sound.

HOME THEATER, noun. (by extension) A dedicated room for such a system.

HOME THRUST, noun. A well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.

HOME THRUST, noun. A personal attack.

HOME TOWN, noun. Alternative form of hometown

HOME TRUTH, noun. A true but unwelcome statement.

HOME TRUTHS, noun. Plural of home truth

HOME VIDEO, noun. A televisual recording made privately for domestic use, rather than commercially or professionally

HOME VIDEO, noun. A film released on video without a previous cinema release.

HOME WRECKER, noun. A man or woman who gains the affections of someone already married and is blamed for a dissolution of the family.

HOME WRECKERS, noun. Plural of home wrecker

HOME ZONE, noun. (UK) A street or group of streets designed primarily to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, children and residents, and where motor traffic is limited.

HOME ZONES, noun. Plural of home zone

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?".

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".

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".

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".

HOME, noun. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end.

HOME, noun. Place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball".

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".

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".

HOME, noun. An institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly".

HOME, verb. Provide with, or send to, a home.

HOME, verb. Return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons".

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".

HOME, adverb. On or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home".

HOME, adverb. To the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home".

HOME, adjective. Used of your own ground; "a home game".

HOME, adjective. Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town".

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".