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  1. [adverb] at or to or in the direction of one's home or family; "He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"; "I'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas"; "I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home"

  2. [adverb] on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"

  3. [adverb] to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

  4. [noun] where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
    Synonyms: place

  5. [noun] housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
    Synonyms: dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

  6. [noun] the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"

  7. [noun] an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"

  8. [noun] an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"
    Synonyms: nursing rest

  9. [noun] the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
    Synonyms: base

  10. [noun] a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
    Synonyms: family, household, house, menage

  11. [noun] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
    Synonyms: plate, base, plate

  12. [noun] place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"

  13. [verb] provide with, or send to, a home

  14. [verb] return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"

  15. [adjective] used of your own ground; "a home game"

  16. [adjective] relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town"

  17. [adjective] inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
    Synonyms: interior, internal, national

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