home

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1. home - Noun

2. home - Adjective

3. home - Verb

4. home - Adverb

6. home - Adjective Satellite

7. Home - Proper noun

Meaning

See Homelyn.

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.

One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

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.

A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

The home base; he started for home.

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

Close; closely.

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.

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No home can replace a father's home... And no heart can replace a mother's heart... Source: Internet

Home is where the heart is. Pliny the Elder

A home without books is a body without soul. Cicero

Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times. Chinese Proverb

You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home. Russian Proverb

Truth seldom finds a home. Belgian Proverb

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