Analysis Complete

home

/ home /
adverb/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
on or to the point aimed at
"the arrow struck home"
adverb Sense 2
to the fullest extent; to the heart
"drove the nail home"
"drove his point home"
"his comments hit home"
adverb Sense 3
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 tak"
adjective Sense 4
relating to or being where one lives or where one''s roots are
"my home town"
verb Sense 5
provide with, or send to, a home
Type of:
house put up domiciliate
Derived:
family household house menage nursing home
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
return home accurately from a long distance
"homing pigeons"
Type of:
return go back get back
Derived:
place
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
environment
noun Sense 8
place where something began and flourished
"the United States is the home of basketball"
Type of:
beginning origin root
noun Sense 9
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?"
Type of:
residence abode
Kinds of:
home away from home home from home
Derived:
place
noun Sense 10
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"
Type of:
location
noun Sense 11
an institution where people are cared for
"a home for the elderly"
Type of:
institution
noun Sense 12
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Type of:
location
Derived:
station post base send place
noun Sense 13
housing that someone is living in
"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
"they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Type of:
housing lodging living accommodations
Kinds of:
cliff dwelling condominium condo fixer-upper hearth
Derived:
dwell shack reside live inhabit
noun Sense 14
(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"
Type of:
base bag
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
noun Sense 15
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"
Type of:
unit social unit
Kinds of:
nuclear family conjugal family extended family foster family foster home
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

house put up domiciliate return go back get back environment beginning origin root residence abode