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home (http://definr.com/home)

     adj 1: (sport) 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: having controlling authority; where important decisions are
        made; "home base"; "home ofice"
     4: relating to or taking place in a home or house or household;
        "home cooking"; "home furnishings"; "home care for the
        elderly" [syn: home(a)]
     5: 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; "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, 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, as of some
        birds; "homing pigeons"