Home

English Meaning

See Homelyn.

1. A place where one lives; a residence.
2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
4. An environment offering security and happiness.
5. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
6. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.
7. The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.
8. The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.
9. A headquarters; a home base.
10. Baseball Home plate.
11. Games Home base.
12. An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.
13. Computer Science The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.
14. Computer Science A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.
15. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.
16. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.
17. Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.
18. Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.
19. Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;.
20. At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.
21. On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.
22. To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.
23. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
24. To be guided to a target automatically, as by means of radio waves.
25. To move or lead toward a goal: The investigators were homing in on the truth.
26. To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically.
27. at home Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.
28. at home Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.
29. at home Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.
30. home free Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.