# homing

Pronunciation: say "HOH-ming" US /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/, UK /ˈhəʊmɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Adjusting its own flight path to lock onto and hit a target; or, of a weapon, one that fires self-steering projectiles.
   - Simple: Able to change direction by itself to hit a moving target. It can also describe a weapon that fires self-steering missiles.
   - _The drone fired a homing torpedo that corrected its course as the submarine dived._
   - _Players eventually unlock a homing weapon that tracks targets through cover._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of home. — present participle and gerund of home
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of home. Use it when an animal is finding its way back to its owner.
   - _Released a hundred miles from the loft, the birds were homing to their owner within a few hours._
   - _Some breeders believe that training a young bird early makes homing easier for it later._

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