# home

Pronunciation: say "HOHM" US /hoʊm/, UK /həʊm/

## Noun

1. The house, flat or other place where one lives, especially with one's family.
   - Simple: The place where you live, especially with your family.
   - _They have lived in the same home for thirty years._
   - _The fire destroyed several homes along the street._
6. The locality where a thing is usually found, first appeared, or naturally thrives; its habitat or native seat.
   - Simple: The natural place where a plant, animal, or thing is usually found or first appeared.
   - _The high Andes are the ancestral home of the potato._
   - _These coastal wetlands serve as home to migratory birds each winter._
7. The place where one was born or grew up, especially one's parents' household, or one's home town or country.
   - Simple: The place where you grew up, such as your parents' house, or the town or country you come from.
   - _Though she's lived abroad for years, the coastal town remains her home._
   - _He left home at eighteen to find work in the city._
9. A place where one feels one belongs, safe and loved, as one does with one's family.
   - Simple: A place where you feel you belong and feel safe and loved.
   - _This little café has been a home to local artists for decades._
   - _After years of moving from city to city, she finally found a home in the small theater company, where everyone treated her like family._
10. An institution providing refuge, rest, or care, for example for elderly people, children without parents, or stray animals.
   - Simple: A place that gives shelter or care to those who need it, like old people or stray animals.
   - _Her grandmother moved into a home after her health declined._
   - _The charity runs a home for orphaned children._
11. In baseball, the plate that a batter stands beside and a runner must touch last to score a run.
   - Simple: In baseball, the base a player must touch to score a point.
   - _She slid into home just ahead of the throw._
   - _The catcher blocked home to stop the run._
12. The main landing page of a website, the page it opens to by default.
   - Simple: The first or main page of a website.
   - _If you get lost on the site, click the logo at the top of any page and it takes you back to Home._
   - _Every section of the site has a link back to Home in the top corner._
17. A poetic or religious word for the grave, or the eternal resting place of the soul after death.
   - Simple: A gentle word for the grave, or the place where the soul rests forever after death.
   - _Six feet of earth would be his last home._
   - _On her tombstone the family carved a line about her eternal home._
18. Clipping of home directory: on a computer, the folder assigned to one user for their own files and settings. — Clipping of home directory.
   - Simple: Short form of home directory: the main folder for your own files on a computer.
   - _The script copies your configuration files straight into your home._
   - _Each user account gets its own home on the system._
19. In music, the tonic chord on which a melody begins and to which it naturally resolves. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: In music, the main chord that a tune starts from and returns to.
   - _The bridge wanders through distant keys before the chorus pulls everything back home._
   - _A clean resolution makes listeners feel the tune has finally settled at home._
20. In board games, the final point or space that a piece must reach to complete its course.
   - Simple: In a board game, the last spot a piece must reach to finish.
   - _In ludo, every piece must reach home before a player can win._
   - _Each player races four pawns around the board to the home painted in their own color._
22. In lacrosse, the attacking position stationed in front of the opponent's goal, or the player who fills it.
   - Simple: In lacrosse, the spot near the other team's goal, or the player who plays there.
   - _Playing first home, she scored three goals from right in front of the crease._
   - _Their first home stood just outside the crease, waiting for a feed from the wings._

## Adverb

2. To the place where one lives, or back to one's home town or native country.
   - Simple: To the place where you live, or back to the town or country you come from.
   - _He flew home for the holidays._
   - _After the conference, the delegates headed home._
3. In or at one's residence or usual location.
   - Simple: In or at the place where you live, not out.
   - _He was home when the package arrived._
   - _Nobody was home when the storm hit._
13. Back to the main or starting page of a website or application.
   - Simple: Back to the first or main page of a website or app.
   - _Pressing the round button takes you home from any screen._
   - _The keyboard shortcut sends the browser home in a single keystroke._
14. To a full and direct degree; right to the heart of the matter.
   - Simple: In a full, direct way, right to the point.
   - _The danger of the situation really came home to them._
   - _He drove the argument home with a vivid example._
15. All the way to the proper or final position: fully into place, or to the end of a course or race.
   - Simple: All the way into the right place, or to the end of a race.
   - _On the final lap, she nursed her damaged car home in fourth place._
   - _The favorite led from the start, and her jockey rode her home three lengths ahead._
21. Into the goal, so as to complete a successful shot or score. *(UK)*
   - Simple: Into the goal in a game such as soccer, so that a goal is scored.
   - _He drove the loose rebound home from six yards out._
   - _The winger crossed and the captain headed it home._

## Adjective

4. Carried out, produced, used, or happening in someone's own house or household.
   - Simple: Done, made, used, or happening in your own house.
   - _The couple planned a home birth with a midwife._
   - _Simple home remedies like honey and lemon can ease a sore throat._
5. Relating to the team playing at its own venue, where the game is hosted.
   - Simple: About the team playing at its own field, not the visiting team.
   - _The home side controlled the match from the opening whistle._
   - _A strong home record carried the club into the playoffs._
8. Belonging to or connected with one's own country or area rather than a foreign one; domestic.
   - Simple: Belonging to your own country or area, not a foreign one.
   - _The policy protects home industries from foreign competition._
   - _The government urged shoppers to buy home produce instead of imported fruit._

## Verb

16. To return to one's owner or base, as a navigating animal does.
   - Simple: To find the way back to its owner or base.
   - _Carrier pigeons reliably home even from unfamiliar territory._
   - _The falcon homed to its handler at dusk._

## Adjective

23. Striking directly at the essential point; direct and pointed in effect. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Going straight to the real point in a sharp and direct way.
   - _After the season ended, the coach sat the players down and gave them a few home truths about their effort._
   - _The editorial's last paragraph was a home thrust aimed squarely at the mayor's broken promises._
24. Personal and intimate; concerning one's private or innermost affairs. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Very personal, about your own private life.

## Origin

Proto-Germanic *haimaz, meaning "home, village," goes back to a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word with much the same sense, "village, home." It became Old English hām and then Middle English hōm. German Heim, Dutch heem, Danish hjem, and Swedish hem are relatives, and Ancient Greek kṓmē ("village") may be a more distant one.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/home (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).