Meaning of home | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dwelling.
2. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
3. A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian
4. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or in a web browser to the top of the web page.
   uncountable
5. A habitational surname from Old English.
6. house
7. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
8. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family
9. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
10. A number of places in the United States, all apparently meaning home, a place to live:
11. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Marshall County, Kansas.
12. third-person singular present indicative
13. second-person singular imperative
14. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
15. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian
16. Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.
17. An unincorporated community in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
18. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections
19. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
20. (people) without a place to live in. This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people. dakloos, haweloos بِدون بَيْت бездомен sem teto der/die Obdachlose, obdachlos hjemløs άστεγος los sin techo kodutu بي خانمان koditon sans-abri חַסָר בַּית बेघर beskucnici; bez kuce i kucišta hajléktalan tuna wisma heimilislaus senzatetto 家のない 집이 없는 benamis bez mājām; bez pajumtes tiada tempat berteduh dakloze; daklooshjemløs, husløs/-vill bezdomny بی کوره (pessoas) sem lar per­soane fără adăpos...
21. A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
22. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there
23. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
24. huislikheid طَبيعيَّه، بيتيَّه домашен уют simplicidade prostota die Schlichtheit grimt udseende οικογενειακή θαλπωρή llaneza, sencillez kodusus صميميت kodinomaisuus simplicité; laideur בֵּיתִיוּת भोलापन, भद्दापन priprostost, srdacnost; neuglednost, ružnoca szerénység; meghittség; jelentéktelenség keburukan hversdagsleiki; ljótleiki semplicità; bruttezza 家庭的なこと 가정적임 paprastumas, jaukumas mājīgums keadaan seperti di rumah huiselijkheidmindre pent utseendeprostota صمیمیت simplicidade simplitate...
25. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia.
26. The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
    broadly
27. grown in one's own garden or in one's own country. These tomatoes are home-grown. eie مُنْتَج بيتيّا домашен caseiro doma vypěstovaný aus dem eigenen Garten hjemmedyrket σπιτικός de cultivo local/nacional omakasvatatud, kodumaine خانگی omaa satoa du jardin/pays מְהַגִינָה הַבֵּיתִית घर में उपजाया हुआ domaci (ne uvozni) hazai termésű ditanam sendiri heimaræktaður nostrano 自家栽培の 자기 집에서 기른, 당지(지방)산의 savas, pačių išaugintas (par augļiem, dārzeņiem) vietējs; pašaudzēts ditanam sendiri eigen kweek ...
28. Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
    broadly
29. a person's native land. Immigrants often weep for their homeland. vaderland, moederland وَطَن родина terra natal vlast das Heimatland fødeland; hjemland πατρίδαpatria, tierra natal kodumaa وطن kotimaa patrieמולדת स्वदेश domovina szülőföld tanah leluhur ættjörð, föðurland terra natia, patria 故国 고국 tėvynė dzimtene; dzimtā zeme kampung halaman moederland fedre-/hjemland ojczyzna ټاټوبی، وطن terra natal pa­trie родина vlasť domovina domovina hemland บ้านเกิด ana yurt, ana vatan 祖國 батьківщина, ві...
30. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
31. made by a person at home; not professionally made. home-made jam; home-made furniture. tuisgemaak صِناعَة مَحَليَّه домашен de fabricação caseira domácí, doma vyrobený selbstgemacht hjemmelavet σπιτικόςhecho en casa, de fabricación casera kodus valmistatud خانگی kotitekoinen fait à la maison תּוֹצֶרֶת בַּיִת हाथ का बना nacinjen kod kuce, domaci házi(lag készült) buatan sendiri heimatilbúinn fatto in casa 自家製の 가정에서 만든 namų darbo, naminis mājās gatavots buatan sendiri thuisgemaakt hjemmelaget/-...
32. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
33. the government of a country or part of a country by its own citizens. selfbestuur حُكُم مَحَلّي автономия autonomia samospráva die Selbstregierung hjemmestyre; selvstyre αυτοδιάθεσηautonomía omavalitsus, autonoomia خود مختاری itsehallinto autonomie שִׁלטוֹן עַצמִי स्वशासन nezavisnost, samouprava önkormányzat otonomi heimastjórn; sjálfstjórn autonomia 地方自治 지방 자치 savivalda pašvaldība peraturan tempatan zelfbestuur selv-/hjemmestyre autonomia خود مختاری، آزادی autonomia autonomie самоуправление ...
34. A focus point.
35. The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
36. missing one's home. When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick. verlangend, vol heimwee مُشْتاق إلى الوَطَن обзет от носталгия по родината saudoso tesknící po domově Heimweh haben som har hjemvé που νοσταλγεί το σπίτι του ή την πατρίδα του nostalgia del país/de la familia koduigatsust tundev دلتنگ براي ميهن و خانه خود kotia ikävöivä qui a la mal du pays מִתגַעגֵע הַבַּיתָה गृहासक्त nostalgican, koji cezne za domom honvágya van ingin pulang haldinn heimþrá nostalgico, ホームシ...
37. Home plate.
38. heimwee الحَنين إلى الوَطَن носталгичност saudades de casa stesk po domově das Heimweh hjemvé νοσταλγία για το σπίτι ή την πατρίδα nostalgia koduigatsus فراق ميهن koti-ikävä mal du pays גַעגוּעִים הַבַּיתָה गृहातुरता nostalgija, ceznuce za domom honvágy keinginan pulang heimþrá nostalgia 郷愁 향수 namų ilgesys ilgas pēc mājām/dzimtenes kerinduan pada kampung halaman heimweehjemlengsel tęsknota za domem, nostalgia په وطن پسی خواشینی saudades de casa dor de casă ностальгия túžba po domove domotožje...
39. The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
40. The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
    Internet
41. The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
    informal
42. Clipping of home directory.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Equivalents

Examples

“And the diſciples went awaye agayne vnto their awne home.”

“Thither for ease and soft repose we come: / Home is the sacred refuge of our life; / Secured from all approaches, but a wife.”

“Home! home! sweet, sweet home! / There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.”

“If we now say that "woman's place is in the home," it is not because men put her there, but because the home became the capitol of women's mysteries.”

“Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.”

“The rights listed in the UNCRC cover all areas of children's lives such as their right to have a home and their right to be educated.”

“Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.”

“He enter’d in the house—his home no more, / For without hearts there is no home;[…]”

“It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home”

“a home for outcasts”

“a home for the blind”

“a veterans' home”

“Instead of a pet store, get your new dog from the local dogs’ home.”

“Our grandmama's moved into a home.”

“[…] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: […]”

“The rights of modern transsexual women and men to live in the sex that is "home".”

“Visiting these famous localities, and a great many others, I hope that I do not compromise my American patriotism by acknowledging that I was often conscious of a fervent hereditary attachment to the native soil of our forefathers, and felt it to be our own Old Home.”

“Have you any people at Home, Guy, to be pleased with your performances?”

“So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.”

“I've been to cities that never close down / From New York to Rio and old London town / But no matter how far or how wide I roam / I still call Australia home.”

“the home of the pine”

“[…] Flandria, by plenty made the home of war, / Shall weep her crime, and bow to Charles r'estor'd, […]”

“Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, / Nor other thought her mind admits / But, he was dead, and there he sits, / And he that brought him back is there.”

“Africa is home to so many premier-league diseases (such as AIDS, childhood diarrhoea, malaria and tuberculosis) that those in lower divisions are easily ignored.”

“The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home.”

CEFR level