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  home
       adj 1: used of your own ground; "a home game" [syn: home(a)]
              [ant: away]
       2: relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots
          are; "my home town"
       3: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader
          responsibilities than the United States Department of the
          Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a),
           interior(a), internal, national]
       n 1: 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?" [syn: place]
       2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
          dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
          homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, domicile, abode,
           habitation, dwelling house]
       3: 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"
       4: 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"
       5: an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the
          elderly" [syn: nursing home, rest home]
       6: the place where you are stationed and from which missions
          start and end [syn: base]
       7: 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" [syn: family, household,
           house, menage]
       8: (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"
          [syn: home plate, home base, plate]
       9: place where something began and flourished; "the United
          States is the home of basketball"
       adv 1: 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: on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
       3: to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home";
          "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"
       v 1: provide with, or send to, a home
       2: return home accurately from a long distance; "homing
          pigeons"