homing

1. 1
   adjective

   Able to change direction by itself to hit a moving target. It can also describe a weapon that fires self-steering missiles.

   Like a dog that follows a smell straight to its source, no matter where it moves.

   The homing missile locked onto the enemy jet and chased it across the sky.

   She grabbed a homing rocket launcher to take down the fast-moving boss.

   Similarguided, self-guided, smart

   Oppositeunguided, dumb

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of home. Use it when an animal is finding its way back to its owner.

   Our pigeons were already homing to the barn when the rain started.

   The lost dog spent a whole week homing across the county to the farmer who raised it.

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