homed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of home.

   The carrier pigeon homed reliably even in poor weather.

   Once the antenna had homed on the strongest signal, reception cleared.

   Note

   A regular past form doing double duty: in "the pigeon homed" it is the simple past, and in "the pigeon has homed" it is the participle. Because the verb takes no object, the participle pairs with have rather than be. The same spelling also belongs to the adjective meaning "having a home", which sits before a noun, as in a comfortably homed population. Position tells the two apart.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having a home, or having more than one home.

   The fully homed residents of the new development received their keys last week.

   Critics asked how a comfortably homed population could overlook those still on the streets.

   Similarhoused, sheltered, settled

   Oppositehomeless, unhoused

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