What is the meaning of Home?

  • (a.) Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
  • (n.) The home base; he started for home.
  • (n.) One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; especially, the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.
  • (n.) A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
  • (adv.) Close; closely.
  • (n.) One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  • (n.) The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
  • (adv.) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.
  • (n.) See Homelyn.
  • (n.) The locality where a thing is usually found or was first found or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.
  • (adv.) To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
  • (n.) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal.
  • (n.) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.
  • (n.) The plate at which the batter stands.
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APAWebster's. (2011). home. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/home/definitions/2017047
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "home" http://smartdefine.org/home/definitions/2017047 (accessed September 24, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, home, Smart Define, viewed 24 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/home/definitions/2017047>.
MLAWebster's. "home" 27 May 2011. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/home/definitions/2017047>
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