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ADJ ภายใน ครัวเรือน  ใน บ้าน  pai-nai-krua-ruean

 

home

ADV มุ่ง ไป ที่ บ้าน  muang-pai-tiban

 

home

N บ้าน  ที่อยู่  บ้านเรือน  อาคาร ที่พัก  บ้านพัก  abode house residence ban

 

home and dry

IDM ทำ สิ่ง ที่ มุ่งหวัง ได้ สำเร็จ  tam-sing-ti-mung-wang-dai-sam-red

 

home in on

PHRV มุ่ง ไป ที่  เล็ง ไป ที่  พุ่ง เป้า ไป ที่  range in zero in on mung-pai-ti

 

home onto

PHRV มุ่ง ไป ที่  เล็ง ไป ที่  พุ่ง เป้า ไป ยัง  range in zero in on mung-pai-ti

 

home run

N การ ตี ลูก ที่ ทำให้ ผู้ ตี ทำแต้ม โดย การ วิ่ง รอบ สนาม เล่น ใน กีฬา เบสบอล  homer

 

home run

N การ ตี ลูก ที่ ทำให้ ผู้ ตี สามารถ ทำแต้ม โดย การ วิ่ง ได้ ครบรอบ ทั้ง4  เบส ใน กีฬา เบสบอล  kan-te-luk-ti-tam-hai-pu-te-sa-mad-tam-taem-doi-kan-wing-dai-krob-rob-tang-4-bed-nai-ki-la-bes-bon

 

home-brew

SL เหล้า ที่ กลั่น เอง  lao-ti-kan-ang

 

home-coming

N การ กลับมา ถึง บ้าน  การ กลับมา เยี่ยม โรงเรียน เก่า 

 

homebody

N คน ติด บ้าน (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  คนที่ ชอบ อยู่ บ้าน  kontid-ban

 

homebred

A เกี่ยวกับ ท้องถิ่น หรือ ผลิต ในประเทศ  ที่ หยาบคาย ไม่ ผ่าน การอบรม 

 

homegrown

ADJ ซึ่ง ปลูก เอง ใน สวน ที่ บ้าน  ซึ่ง ปลูก เอง  sueng-pluk-eng-nai-suan-ti-ban

 

homegrown

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิดขึ้น ภายใน ท้องถิ่น  sueng-koed-kuen-pai-nai-tong-tin

 

homeland

N บ้านเกิด  รกราก  ถิ่นฐานบ้านช่อง  ภูมิลำเนา  มาตุภูมิ  ปิตุภูมิ  ถิ่นกำเนิด  บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน  fatherland motherland ban-koed

 

homeless

ADJ ไร้ ที่อยู่  พเนจร  ร่อนเร่  จรจัด  ซึ่ง ไม่มี ที่อยู่  rai-ti-yu

 

homelike

A เหมือน อยู่ บ้าน  ที่ คุ้นเคย  ที่ สบายใจ 

 

homely

ADJ(หน้าตา  เรียบๆ  ไม่ สวย  plain unappealing unattractive riab-riab

 

homely

ADJ เรียบง่าย  สบายๆ  ไม่ หรูหรา  riab-ngi

 

homemade

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำที่ บ้าน  ซึ่ง ผลิต ขึ้น ภายใน ครัวเรือน  sueng-tam-ti-ban

 

homeopathist

N ผู้ ที่ เชื่อ ว่า ยา ที่ ใช้ รักษาโรค ทำให้เกิด อาการ เหมือนกัน ของ โรค กับ ผู้ ที่ ไม่ได้ เป็นโรค 

 

homeopathy

N ความ เชื่อ ว่า ยา ที่ ใช้ รักษาโรค ทำให้เกิด อาการ เหมือนกัน ของ โรค กับ ผู้ ที่ ไม่ได้ เป็นโรค 

 

homeostasis

N สภาวะ สมดุล ของ สิ่งแวดล้อม หรือ ของเหลว ภายใน ร่างกาย 

 

homeostatic

A เกี่ยวกับ ภาวะ สมดุล ของ สิ่งแวดล้อม หรือ ของเหลว ภายใน ร่างกาย 

 

homer

N นักกวี ชาว กรีก โบราณ ที่ ประพันธ์ เรื่อง  Iliad และ  Odyssey

 

homeric

A เกี่ยวกับ  Homer นักกวี ชาว กรีก โบรา ณ 

 

homesick

ADJ ซึ่ง คิดถึงบ้าน  nostalgic sueng-kid-tueng-ban

 

homespun

SL เครื่องดื่ม อัลกอฮอล์ แรง  krueang-duem-ti-me-anl-ko-hor-rang

 

homestead

N บ้านไร่ (รวมทั้ง สิ่งก่อสร้าง ต่างๆ  และ ที่ดิน  ban-rai

 

homestead

VI ตั้งรกราก (ที่ เป็นบ้าน ไร่  tak-rok-rak

 

homesteader

N ผู้ครอบครอง เป็นเจ้าของ บ้านพัก 

 

homestretch

N ส่วน ตรงกลาง ของ ทาง วิ่ง ช่วง ท้าย ก่อน เข้าหลัก ชัย  ขั้นตอน สุดท้าย 

 

hometown

N บ้านเดิม  บ้านเกิด  ban-deom

 

homeward

A ไป บ้าน 

 

homewards

ADV ไป บ้าน 

 

homework

N การบ้าน  kan-ban

 

homeworker

N ผู้ ทำงานบ้าน หรือ การบ้าน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOME

n.[Gr. a house, a close place, or place or rest. ] 1. A dwelling house; the house or place in which one resides. He was not at home.
Then the disciples went away again to their own home. John 2 :1 .
Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
2. One's own country. Let affairs at home be well managed by the administration.
3. The place of constant residence; the seat.
Flandria, by plenty, made the home of war.
4. The grave; death; or a future state.
Man goeth to his long home. Ecclesiastes 12:5.
5. The present state of existence.
Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6.

 

HOME

a.Close; severe; poignant; as a home thrust.

 

HOME

adv. [This is merely elliptical; to being omitted. ] 1. To one's own habitation; as in the phrases, go home, come home, bring home, carry home.
2. To one's own country. Home is opposed to abroad, or in a foreign country. My brother will return home in the first ship from India.
3. Close; closely; to the point; as, this consideration comes home to our interest, that is, it nearly affects it. Drive the nail home, that is, drive it close.
To haul home the top-sail sheets, in seamen's language, is to draw the bottom of the top-sail close to the yard-arm by means of the sheets.
An anchor is said to come home, when it loosens from the ground by the violence of the wind or current, etc.

 

HOMEBORN

a.Native; natural. 1. Domestic; not foreign.

 

HOMEBRED

a.Native; natural; as homebred lusts. 1. Domestic; originating at home; not foreign; as homebred evil.
2. Plain, rude; artless; uncultivated; not polished by travel.
Only to me two homebred youths belong.

 

HOMEFELT

a.Felt in one's own breast; inward; private; as homefelt joys or delight.

 

HOMEKEEPING

a.Staying at home.

 

HOMELESS

a.Destitute of a home.

 

HOMELINESS

n.[from homely. ] Plainness of features; want of beauty. It expresses less than ugliness. 1. Rudeness; coarseness; as the homeliness of dress or of sentiments.

 

HOMELOT

n.An inclosure on or near which the mansion house stands.

 

HOMELY

a.[from home. ] Of plain features; not handsome; as a homely face. It expresses less than ugly. Let time, which makes you homely, make you wise.
1. Plain, like that which is made for common domestic use; rude; coarse; not fine or elegant; as a homely garment; a homely house; homely are.
Now Strephon daily entertains
His Chloe in the homeliest strains.

 

HOMELY

adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as homely dressed. [Little used. ]

 

HOMELYN

n.A fish.

 

HOMEMADE

a.Made at home; being of domestic manufacture; made either in private families, or in one's own country.

 

HOMER, OMER, CHOMER

n.A Hebrew measure containing the tenth part of an epha, or about six pints.

 

HOMERIC

a.Pertaining to Homer, the great poet of Greece, or to his poetry; resembling Homer's verse.

 

HOMESPEAKING

n.Forcible and efficacious speaking.

 

HOMESPUN

a.Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture. 1. Not made in foreign countries.
2. Plain; coarse; rude; homely; not elegant; as a homespun English proverb; a homespun author.

 

HOMESPUN

n.A coarse, unpolished, rustic person.

 

HOMESTALL, HOMESTEAD

n.The place of a mansion house; the inclosure or ground immediately connected with the mansion. 1. Native seat; original station or place of residence.
We can trace them back to a homestead on the rivers Volga and Ural. [In the U. States, homestead is the word used. ]

 

HOMEWARD, HOMEWARDS

adv. Toward home; toward one's habitation, or toward one's native country.

 

HOMEWARD-BOUND

a.Destined for home; returning from a foreign country to the place where the owner resides; as the homeward-bound fleet. We spoke a brig homeward-bound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOME

HOME Home, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Homelyn.

 

HOME

Home (11 ), n. Etym: [OE. hom, ham, AS. ham; akin to OS. hem, D. & G.heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. këmas, and perh. to Gr. hind a peasant; cf. Skr. ksh abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell.

 

1. 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. The disciples went away again to their own home. John xx. 1 .Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden. Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. Payne.

 

2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England ]." Hawthorne.

 

3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. Byron.

 

4. 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. Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.

 

5. 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. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.Eccl. xii. 5.

 

6. (Baseball )

 

Defn: The home base; he started for home. At home. (a ) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b ) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home. (c ) Prepared to receive callers. -- Home department, the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng. ] To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. -- To feel at home, to be at one's ease. -- To make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.

 

Syn. -- Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.

 

HOME

HOME Home, a.

 

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

 

2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. Home base (Baseball ), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. -- Home farm, grounds, etc. , the farm, grounds, etc. , adjacent to the residence of the owner. -- Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] -- Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home- rule members of Parliament. -- Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Home run (Baseball ), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. -- Home stretch (Sport. ), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. -- Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

 

HOME

HOME Home, adv.

 

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

 

2. Close; closely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

 

3. 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. Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. Shak.

 

Note: Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home- grown, etc. To bring home. See under Bring. -- To come home. (a ) To touch or affect personally. See under Come. (b ) (Naut. ) To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an anchor. -- To haul home the sheets of a sail (Naut. ), to haul the clews close to the sheave hole. Totten.

 

HOMEBORN

HOMEBORN Home "born `, a.

 

1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.

 

2. Of or pertaining to the home or family. Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.

 

HOME-BOUND

HOME-BOUND Home "-bound `, a.

 

Defn: Kept at home.

 

HOME-BRED

HOME-BRED Home "-bred `, a.

 

1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief. " Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

 

2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated. Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.

 

HOME-COMING

HOME-COMING Home-com `ing, n.

 

Defn: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

 

HOME-DRIVEN

HOME-DRIVEN Home "-driv `en, a.

 

Defn: Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

 

HOME-DWELLING

HOME-DWELLING Home "-dwell `ing, a.

 

Defn: Keeping at home.

 

HOME-FELT

HOME-FELT Home "-felt `, a.

 

Defn: Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. "Home-felt quiet. Pope.

 

HOMEFIELD

HOMEFIELD Home "field `, n.

 

Defn: Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

 

HOME-KEEPING

HOME-KEEPING Home "-keep `ing, a.

 

Defn: Staying at home; not gadding. Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.

 

HOME-KEEPING

HOME-KEEPING Home "-keep `ing, n.

 

Defn: A staying at home.

 

HOMELESS

Home "less, a. Etym: [AS. hamleas.]

 

Defn: Destitute of a home. -- Home "less *ness, n.

 

HOMELIKE

HOMELIKE Home "like `, a.

 

Defn: Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.

 

HOMELILY

HOMELILY Home "li *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]

 

HOMELINESS

Home "li *ness, n. Etym: [From Homely. ]

 

1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs. ] "Wifely homeliness. " Chaucer.

 

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

 

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.

 

HOMELING

HOMELING Home "ling, n.

 

Defn: A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.

 

HOMELY

Home "ly, a. [Compar. Homelier; superl. Homeliest.] Etym: [From Home, n.]

 

1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic ] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe.Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.

 

2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.

 

3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome. None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

 

HOMELY

HOMELY Home "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser.

 

HOMELYN

Home "lyn, n. Etym: [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl )

 

Defn: The European sand ray (Raia maculata ); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

 

HOMEMADE

HOMEMADE Home "made `, a.

 

Defn: Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.

 

HOMEOPATH

Ho "me *o *path, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathe. ]

 

Defn: A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath. ]

 

HOMEOPATHIC

Ho `me *o *path "ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathique. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]

 

HOMEOPATHICALLY

HOMEOPATHICALLY Ho `me *o *path "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homoepathically.]

 

HOMEOPATHIST

HOMEOPATHIST Ho `me *op "a *thist, n.

 

Defn: A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homoepathist.]

 

HOMEOPATHY

Ho *me *op "a *thy, n. Etym: [Gr. Same ) + homéopathie. See Pathos. ](Med. )

 

Defn: The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde ) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also homoepathy.]

 

HOMER

HOMER Hom "er, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

 

HOMER

HOMER Ho "mer, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Hoemother.

 

HOMER

Ho "mer, n. Etym: [Heb. khomer.]

 

Defn: A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer. ]

 

HOMERIC

Ho *mer "ic, a. Etym: [L. Homericus, Gr.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

 

HOMESICK

HOMESICK Home "sick `, a.

 

Defn: Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Home "sick `ness, n.

 

HOME-SPEAKING

HOME-SPEAKING Home "-speak `ing, n.

 

Defn: Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

 

HOMESPUN

HOMESPUN Home "spun, a.

 

1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.

 

2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb. " Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.

 

HOMESPUN

HOMESPUN Home "spun, n.

 

1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

 

2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

HOMESTALL

Home "stall `, n. Etym: [AS. hamsteall.]

 

Defn: Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.

 

HOMESTEAD

Home "stead, n. Etym: [AS. hamstede.]

 

1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden.

 

2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. (a ) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp. , a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b ) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands,in parcels of 16 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]

 

HOMESTEADER

HOMESTEADER Home "stead *er, n.

 

Defn: One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]

 

HOMEWARD

HOMEWARD Home "ward, a.

 

Defn: Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

 

HOMEWARD; HOMEWARDS

Home "ward, Home "wards, adv. Etym: [AS. hamweard.]

 

Defn: Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country. Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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home |hōm hoʊm | noun 1 the place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household: I was nineteen when I left home and went to college | they have made Provence their home. the family or social unit occupying such a place: he came from a good home and was well educated. a house or an apartment considered as a commercial property: low-cost homes for first-time buyers. a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates: Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines. informal a place where an object is kept. 2 an institution for people needing professional care or supervision: an old people's home. 3 Sports the goal or end point. the place where a player is free from attack. (in lacrosse ) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents's goal. Baseball short for home plate. a game played or won by a team on their own ground. adjective [ attrib. ] 1 of or relating to the place where one lives: I don't have your home address. made, done, or intended for use in the place where one lives: traditional home cooking. relating to one's own country and its domestic affairs: Japanese competitors are selling cars for lower prices in the US than in their home market. 2 (of a sports team or player ) belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place: the home team. played on or connected with a team's own ground: their first home game of the season. 3 denoting the administrative center of an organization: the company has moved its home office. adverb to or at the place where one lives: what time did he get home last night? | I stayed home with the kids. to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult: the favorite romped home six lengths clear. Baseball to or toward home plate. to the intended or correct position: he drove the bolt home noisily. verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of an animal ) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it: a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds. (of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing ) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point. 2 (home in on ) move or be aimed toward (a target or destination ) with great accuracy: more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions. focus attention on: a teaching style that homes in on what is of central importance for each student. PHRASES at home in one's own house. in one's own neighborhood, town, or country: he has been consistently successful both at home and abroad. comfortable and at ease in a place or situation: sit down and make yourself at home . confident or relaxed about doing or using something: he was quite at home talking about Eisenstein or Brecht. ready to receive and welcome visitors: she took to her room and was not at home to friends. (with reference to sports fixtures ) at a team's own ground: Houston lost at home to Phoenix. bring something home to someone make someone realize the full significance of something: her first-hand account brought home to me the pain of the experience. close (or near ) to home (of a remark or topic of discussion ) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed. come home Golf play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes. Compare with home (see go 1 ). come home to someone (of the significance of something ) become fully realized by someone: the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara. drive (or hammer or press or ram ) something home make something clearly and fully understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments. hit (or strike ) home (of a blow or a missile ) reach an intended target. (of words ) have the intended, esp. unsettling or painful, effect on their audience: she could see that her remark had hit home. (of the significance or true nature of a situation ) become fully realized by someone: the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home. home free having successfully achieved or being within sight of achieving one's objective: at 7 –0 they should have been home free. a home away from home a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home. home is where the heart is proverb your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are. home sweet home used as an expression of one's pleasure or relief at being in or returning to one's own home. DERIVATIVES home like |ˈhōmˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim . usage: Note that the phrasal verb meaning move accurately toward a target is home in on, not hone in on. More than a third of citations for this expression in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect form.

 

home banking

home bank ing noun a system of banking whereby transactions are performed directly by telephone or via a computer and modem.

 

home base

home base noun a place from which operations or activities are carried out; headquarters. the objective toward which players progress in certain games.

 

homebody

home bod y |ˈhōmˌbädē ˈhoʊmˌbɑdi | noun ( pl. homebodies ) informal a person who likes to stay at home, esp. one who is perceived as unadventurous.

 

homeboy

home boy |ˈhōmˌboi ˈhoʊmˌbɔɪ | noun informal a young acquaintance from one's own town or neighborhood, or from the same social background. (esp. among urban black people ) a member of a peer group or gang.

 

home-bred

home-bred adjective bred or raised at home. lacking in worldly experience; unsophisticated.

 

home brew

home brew |ˈˌhoʊm ˈbru | noun beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home: I observed the town's bootlegger deliver three bottles of home brew. [ as modifier ] informal made at home, rather than in a store or factory: home-brew software. DERIVATIVES home-brewed adjective

 

homebuilder

home build er |ˈhōmbildər ˈhoʊmbɪldər | noun a company whose business is the construction of private houses. DERIVATIVES home build ing noun

 

homebuyer

home buy er |ˈhōmˌbīər ˈhoʊmˌbaɪ (ə )r | noun a person who buys a house or condominium.

 

home cinema

home cin ¦ema noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Brit. television and video equipment designed to reproduce at home the experience of being in a cinema, typically including stereo speakers and a widescreen set.

 

homecoming

home com ing |ˈhōmˌkəmiNG ˈhoʊmˈˌkəmɪŋ | noun an instance of returning home. a high school, college, or university game, dance, or other event to which alumni are invited.

 

Home Counties

Home Counties the English counties surrounding London, into which London has extended. They comprise chiefly Essex, Kent, Surrey, and Hertfordshire.

 

home ec

home ec |ˈhōm ˈek ˌhoʊm ˈɛk | noun informal short for home economics.

 

home economics

home ec o nom ics |ˈˌhoʊm ɛkəˈnɑmɪks | plural noun [ often treated as sing. ] cooking and other aspects of household management, esp. as taught at school.

 

home farm

home farm noun chiefly Brit. & S. African a farm on an estate that is set aside to provide produce for the owner of the estate.

 

home fries

home fries (also home-fried potatoes ) plural noun fried sliced potatoes.

 

home front

home front noun the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.

 

homegirl

home girl |ˈhōmˌgərl ˈhoʊmɡɜːrl | noun informal a female equivalent of a homeboy.

 

homegrown

home grown |ˈhōmˈgrōn ˌhoʊmˈɡroʊn | adjective grown or produced in one's own garden or country: a basket of homegrown fruit. belonging to one's own particular locality or country: a jazz concert featuring homegrown artists.

 

Home Guard

Home Guard the British citizen army organized in 1940 to defend the UK against invasion, finally disbanded in 1957.

 

home help

home help noun Brit. a person employed, especially by a local authority, to help in another's home.

 

home key

home key noun 1 Music the basic key in which a work is written; the tonic key. 2 a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard that acts as the base position for one's fingers in touch-typing.

 

Homel

Ho mel |hôˈm (y )el hɔˈmjɛl | an industrial city in southeastern Belarus; pop. 488,100 (est. 2009 ). Russian name Gomel.

 

homeland

home land |ˈhōmˌland ˈhoʊmˌlænd | noun a person's or a people's native land: I could finally go back to my homeland. an autonomous or semiautonomous state occupied by a particular people: the group is fighting for a separate homeland. historical any of ten partially self-governing areas in South Africa designated for particular indigenous African peoples under the former policy of apartheid.

 

homeless

home less |ˈhōmlis ˈhoʊmləs | adjective (of a person ) without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets: the plight of young homeless people | (as noun the homeless ) : charities for the homeless. DERIVATIVES home less ness noun

 

home loan

home loan |ˈhoʊm ˌloʊn | noun a loan advanced to a person to assist in buying a house or condominium.

 

homely

home ly |ˈhōmlē ˈhoʊmli | adjective ( homelier, homeliest ) 1 (of a person ) unattractive in appearance. 2 Brit. (of a place or surroundings ) simple but cozy and comfortable, as in one's own home: a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere. unsophisticated and unpretentious: homely pleasures. DERIVATIVES home li ness noun

 

homemade

home made |ˈhō (m )ˈmād ˌhoʊmˈmeɪd | adjective made at home, rather than in a store or factory: homemade apple pies | it sounds like the homemade album that it is.

 

homemaker

home mak er |ˈhōmˌmākər ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər | noun a person, esp. a housewife, who manages a home.

 

homemaking

home mak ing |ˈhōmˌmākiNG ˈhoʊmmeɪkɪŋ | noun the creation and management of a home, esp. as a pleasant place in which to live.

 

home movie

home mov ie noun a film made at home or without professional equipment or expertise, esp. a movie featuring one's own activities.

 

homeobox

ho me o box |ˈhōmēōˌbäks ˈhoʊmioʊbɑks | noun Genetics any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species. ORIGIN 1980s: from homeotic (see homeosis ) + the noun box 1; first discovered in homeotic genes of Drosophila fruit flies.

 

Home Office

Home Of fice |ˈˌhoʊm ˈɔfəs | the British government department dealing with domestic affairs, including law and order, immigration, and broadcasting, in England and Wales.

 

homeomorphism

ho me o mor phism |ˌhōmēəˈmôrˌfizəm ˌhoʊmiəˈmɔrfɪzəm | noun Mathematics an instance of topological equivalence to another space or figure. DERIVATIVES ho me o mor phic |-ˈmôrfik |adjective

 

homeopath

ho me o path |ˈhōmēəˌpaTH ˈhoʊmiəˌpæθ |(also homeopathist |ˌhōmēˈäpəTHist |, Brit. homoeopath ) noun a person who practices homeopathy. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German Homöopath (see homeopathy ).

 

homeopathy

ho me op a thy |ˌhōmēˈäpəTHē ˌhoʊmiˈɑpəθi |(Brit. homoeopathy ) noun the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease. Often contrasted with allopathy. DERIVATIVES ho me o path ic |ˌhōmēəˈpaTHik |adjective, ho me o path i cal ly |ˌhōmēəˈpaTHik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek homoios like + patheia (see -pathy ).

 

homeosis

ho me o sis |ˌhōmēˈōsis ˌhoʊmiˈoʊsəs | noun ( pl. homeoses |-ˌsēz | ) Biology the replacement of part of one segment of an insect or other segmented animal by a structure characteristic of a different segment, esp. through mutation. DERIVATIVES ho me ot ic |-ˈätik |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek homoiōsis becoming like, from homoios like.

 

homeostasis

ho me o sta sis |ˌhōmēəˈstāsis hoʊmiəˈsteɪsɪs | noun ( pl. homeostases |-sēz | ) the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, esp. as maintained by physiological processes. DERIVATIVES ho me o stat ic |-ˈstatik |adjective ORIGIN 1920s: modern Latin, from Greek homoios like + -stasis .

 

homeotherm

ho me o therm |ˈhōmēəˌTHərm ˈhoʊmiəθərm |(also homoiotherm ) noun Zoology an organism that maintains its body temperature at a constant level, usually above that of the environment, by its metabolic activity. Often contrasted with poikilotherm; compare with warm-blooded. DERIVATIVES ho me o ther mal |ˌhōmēəˈTHərməl |adjective, ho me o ther mic |ˌhōmēəˈTHərmik |adjective, ho me o ther my noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek homoios like + thermē heat.

 

homeowner

home own er |ˈhōmˌōnər ˈhoʊmˌoʊnər | noun a person who owns their own home. DERIVATIVES home own er ship |-SHip |noun

 

home page

home page |ˈˌhoʊm ˈˌpeɪʤ |(also homepage ) noun the introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site.

 

home plate

home plate |ˈhoʊm ˈˌpleɪt | noun Baseball the five-sided flat white rubber base next to which the batter stands and over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike. A runner must touch home plate after having reached all the other bases to score a run.

 

homeport

home port |ˈhōmˌpôrt ˈhoʊmpɔrt | verb [ with obj. ] assign (a vessel ) to a particular port as its home: Guam's strategic location makes it the logical place to homeport an aircraft carrier.

 

home port

home port noun the port from which a ship originates or in which it is registered.

 

Homer

Ho mer |ˈhōmər ˈhoʊmər | (8th century bc ), Greek epic poet. He is traditionally held to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, although modern scholarship has revealed the place of the Homeric poems in a preliterate oral tradition. In later antiquity, Homer was regarded as the greatest poet, and his poems were constantly used as a model and source by others. PHRASES Homer sometimes nods proverb even the most gifted person occasionally makes mistakes.

 

homer

ho mer |ˈhōmər ˌhoʊmər | noun 1 Baseball a home run. 2 a homing pigeon. 3 informal a referee or official who is thought to favor the team playing at home. verb [ no obj. ] Baseball hit a home run: he homered for the sixth time in seven games.

 

Homer, Winslow

Ho mer, Winslow |ˈhoʊmər ˈhōmər | (1836 –1910 ), US painter. He is noted for his seascapes, such as Cannon Rock (1895 ), painted in a vigorous naturalistic style that combines imagination and strength and is considered an expression of the American pioneering spirit.

 

home range

home range noun Zoology an area over which an animal or group of animals regularly travels in search of food or mates, and that may overlap with those of neighboring animals or groups of the same species.

 

Homeric

Ho mer ic |hōˈmerik hoʊˈmɛrɪk | adjective of or in the style of Homer or the epic poems ascribed to him. of Bronze Age Greece as described in these poems: the mists of the Homeric age. epic and large-scale: some of us exert a Homeric effort. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek Homērikos, from Homēros (see Homer ).

 

homeroom

home room |ˈhō (m )ˈro͞omē | noun a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher before dispersing to other classes.

 

home rule

home rule |hoʊm rul | noun the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

 

home run

home run |ˈˌhoʊm ˈrən | noun Baseball a fair hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases without stopping and score a run.

 

homeschooling

home school ing |ˈhōmˈsko͞oliNG ˈhoʊmskulɪŋ | noun the education of children at home by their parents. DERIVATIVES home school verb, home school er |ˈsko͞olər |noun

 

Home Secretary

Home Sec re tar y |ˈˌhoʊm ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri | noun (in the UK ) the Secretary of State in charge of the Home Office.

 

Home Service

Home Service one of the original programme services of the BBC (renamed Radio 4 ).

 

home shopping

home shop ping |hoʊm ˈʃɑpɪŋ | noun shopping carried out from one's own home by ordering goods advertised on the Internet, in a catalog, or on a television channel. DERIVATIVES home shop per noun

 

homeshoring

home shor ing |ˈhōmSHôriNG ˈhoʊmʃɔrɪŋ | noun the practice of transferring employment that was previously carried out in a company's office or factory to employees' homes. ORIGIN early 21st cent.: on the pattern of offshoring .

 

homesick

home sick |ˈhōmˌsik ˈhoʊmˌsɪk | adjective experiencing a longing for one's home during a period of absence from it: he was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. DERIVATIVES home sick ness noun

 

home signal

home sig ¦nal noun Brit. a railway signal controlling entry to the immediate section of the line.

 

homesite

home site |ˈhōmˌsīt ˈhoʊmsaɪt | noun a building plot for a house.

 

homesourcing

home sourc ing |ˈhōmsôrsiNG ˈhoʊmsɔrsɪŋ | noun another term for homeshoring. ORIGIN early 21st cent.: on the pattern of outsourcing ( see outsource ).

 

homespun

home spun |ˈhōmˌspən ˈhoʊmˌspən | adjective 1 simple and unsophisticated: homespun philosophy. 2 (of cloth or yarn ) made or spun at home. denoting a coarse handwoven fabric similar to tweed. noun cloth of this type: clad in homespun.

 

home stand

home stand noun a series of consecutive games played at a team's home stadium, field, or court.

 

Homestead

Home stead |ˈhōmˌsted ˈhoʊmstɛd | an agricultural and suburban city in southeastern Florida, southwest of Miami; pop. 57,936 (est. 2008 ).

 

homestead

home stead |ˈhōmˌsted ˈhoʊmˌstɛd | noun 1 a house, esp. a farmhouse, and outbuildings. 2 Law a person's or family's residence, which comprises the land, house, and outbuildings, and in most states is exempt from forced sale for collection of debt. 3 historical (as provided by the federal Homestead Act of 1862 ) an area of public land in the West (usually 160 acres ) granted to any US citizen willing to settle on and farm the land for at least five years. 4 (in southern Africa ) a hut or cluster of huts occupied by one family or clan, standing alone or as part of a traditional African village. DERIVATIVES home stead er noun ORIGIN Old English hāmstede a settlement (see home, stead ).

 

Homestead Act

Home stead Act noun see homestead.

 

homesteading

home stead ing |ˈhōmˌstediNG ˈhoʊmˌstɛdɪŋ | noun life as a settler on a homestead. the granting of homesteads to settlers.

 

homestretch

home stretch |ˈhōmˈstreCH ˈhoʊmˈstrɛtʃ |(also home stretch ) noun the concluding straight part of a racecourse: he drifted in back of the pack halfway down the homestretch. the last part of an activity or campaign: this was his last term, the home stretch.

 

home study

home stud y noun 1 a course of study carried out at home, rather than in a traditional classroom setting. 2 an assessment of prospective adoptive parents to see if they are suitable for adopting a child.

 

homestyle

home style |ˈhōmˌstīl ˈhoʊmˌstaɪl | adjective [ attrib. ] such as would be made or provided at home; simple and unpretentious.

 

home theater

home the a ter noun television and video equipment designed to reproduce at home the experience of being in a movie theater, typically including stereo speakers and a big-screen television set.

 

hometown

home town |ˈhōmˈtoun ˈˌhoʊmˈˌtaʊn | noun the town where one was born or grew up, or the town of one's present fixed residence.

 

home truth

home truth |ˈˌhoʊm ˈtruθ | noun (usu. home truths ) an unpleasant fact about oneself, esp. as pointed out by another person: what he needed was someone to tell him a few home truths.

 

home unit

home unit noun Austral. /NZ a flat, especially one occupied by the owner, that is one of several in a large building.

 

home video

home vid e o noun a film on videotape for viewing at home.

 

homeward

home ward |ˈhōmwərd ˈhoʊmwərd | adverb (also homewards |-wərdz |) toward home: setting off homeward. adjective going or leading toward home: their homeward journey. ORIGIN Old English hāmweard (see home, -ward ).

 

homeward-bound

homeward-bound adjective on the way home: the next day we were homeward-bound.

 

homework

home work |ˈhōmˌwərk ˈhoʊmˌwərk | noun schoolwork that a student is required to do at home. work or study done in preparation for a certain event or situation: he had evidently done his homework and read his predecessor's reports. paid work carried out in one's own home, esp. low-paid piecework. usage: See usage at schoolwork .

 

homeworker

home work er |ˈhōmˌwərkər ˈhoʊmˌwərkər | noun a person who works from home, esp. doing low-paid piecework.

 

homewrecker

home wreck er |ˈhōmˌrekər ˈhoʊmˌrɛkər | noun informal one who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.

 

homey

hom ey 1 |ˈhōmē ˈhoʊmi |(also homy ) adjective ( homier, homiest ) (of a place or surroundings ) pleasantly comfortable and cozy. unsophisticated; unpretentious: an idealized vision of traditional peasant life as simple and homey. DERIVATIVES hom ey ness (also hominess ) noun

 

homey

hom ey 2 |ˈhoʊmi ˈhōmē | noun ( pl. homeys ) variant spelling of homie.

 

Oxford Dictionary

home

home |həʊm | noun 1 the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household: the floods forced many people to flee their homes | I was nineteen when I left home and went to college. the family or social unit occupying a permanent residence: he came from a good home. a house or flat considered as a commercial property: low-cost homes for first-time buyers | [ as modifier ] : the growth in home ownership. the district or country where one was born or has settled on a long-term basis: they have made Provence their home. a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates: Montana is home to a surprising number of rare mammals. informal a place where an object is kept. 2 an institution for people needing professional care or supervision: an old people's home. 3 the finishing point in a race: he was four fences from home. (in games ) the place where a player is free from attack. (in lacrosse ) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents' goal. Baseball short for home plate. a match played or won by a team on their own ground. adjective [ attrib. ] 1 relating to the place where one lives: I don't have your home address. made, done, or intended for use in the home: traditional home cooking | a home computer. relating to one's own country: we need to stimulate demand within the UK home market. 2 (of a sports team or player ) belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place: the home side. played on or connected with a team's own ground: their first home match of the season. 3 N. Amer. denoting the administrative centre of an organization: the company has moved its home office. adverb to or at the place where one lives: what time did he get home last night? to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult: the favourite romped home six lengths clear. to the intended or correct position: he slid the bolt home noisily. verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of an animal ) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it: a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds. (of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing ) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point. 2 (home in on ) move or be aimed towards (a target or destination ) with great accuracy: more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions. focus attention on: a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil. 3 [ with obj. ] provide (an animal ) with a home as a pet. PHRASES at home in one's own house. ready to receive and welcome visitors: she took to her room and was not at home to friends. in one's own neighbourhood, town, or country: he has been consistently successful both at home and abroad. (with reference to sports fixtures ) at a team's own ground: Spurs drew 1 –1 at home to Leeds. comfortable and at ease in a place or situation: sit down and make yourself at home . confident or relaxed about doing or using something: he was quite at home talking about Eisenstein or Brecht. bring something home to make (someone ) realize the full significance of something: her first-hand account brought home to me the pain of the experience. close (or near ) to home (of a remark or topic of discussion ) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed. come home Golf play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes. Compare with go out (see go 1 ). come home to someone (of the significance of something ) become fully realized by someone: the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara. drive (or hammer or press or ram ) something home make something clearly understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments: we must drive home the message that crime doesn't pay. hit (or strike ) home (of a blow or a missile ) reach an intended target. (of words ) have the intended, especially unsettling or painful, effect on their audience: she could see that her remark had hit home. (of the significance or true nature of a situation ) become fully realized by someone: the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home. home and dry (N. Amer. home free, Austral. /NZ home and hosed ) Brit. having successfully achieved or being within sight of achieving one's objective: at 3 –0 up they should have been home and dry. ( a ) home from (N. Amer. away from ) home Brit. a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home. home is where the heart is proverb your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are. home, James ( and don't spare the horses )! dated used as a humorous way of exhorting the driver of a vehicle to drive home quickly. home sweet home used as an expression of one's pleasure or relief at being in or returning to one's own home. set up home Brit. start living somewhere on a permanent basis: the couple set up home in Chelsea eight years ago. when ——'s at home Brit. used to add humorous emphasis to a question about someone's identity: who's Peter when he's at home? DERIVATIVES homelike adjective ORIGIN Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim . usage: Note that the phrasal verb meaning move accurately towards a target is home in on, not hone in on. More than a third of citations for this expression in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect form.

 

home banking

home bank |ing noun [ mass noun ] a system of banking whereby transactions are performed directly by telephone or over the Internet.

 

home base

home base noun a place from which operations or activities are carried out; headquarters. the objective toward which players progress in certain games.

 

home bird

home bird noun Brit. informal another term for homebody.

 

homebody

home |body |ˈhəʊmbɒdi | noun ( pl. homebodies ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person who likes to stay at home, especially one who is perceived as unadventurous.

 

homeboy

homeboy |ˈhəʊmbɔɪ |(or homegirl ) noun US & S. African informal an acquaintance from one's own town or neighbourhood, or from the same social background. (especially among urban black people ) a member of a peer group or gang.

 

home-bred

home-bred adjective bred or raised at home. lacking in worldly experience; unsophisticated.

 

home brew

home brew noun [ mass noun ] beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home. [ as modifier ] informal, chiefly US made at home, rather than in a shop or factory: a home-brew radio transmitter. DERIVATIVES home-brewed adjective

 

homebuilder

homebuilder |ˈhəʊmbɪldə | noun a company whose business is the construction of private houses. DERIVATIVES homebuilding noun

 

homebuyer

home |buy ¦er |ˈhəʊmbʌɪə | noun a person who buys a house or flat.

 

home cinema

home cin ¦ema noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Brit. television and video equipment designed to reproduce at home the experience of being in a cinema, typically including stereo speakers and a widescreen set.

 

homecoming

home |com ¦ing |ˈhəʊmkʌmɪŋ | noun an instance of returning home: she spent most of the day preparing for her husband's homecoming. N. Amer. a reunion of former students of a university, college, or high school.

 

Home Counties

Home Counties the English counties surrounding London, into which London has extended. They comprise chiefly Essex, Kent, Surrey, and Hertfordshire.

 

home economics

home eco |nom ¦ics plural noun [ often treated as sing. ] cookery and other aspects of household management, especially as taught at school.

 

home farm

home farm noun chiefly Brit. & S. African a farm on an estate that is set aside to provide produce for the owner of the estate.

 

home fries

home fries (also home-fried potatoes ) plural noun N. Amer. fried sliced potatoes.

 

home front

home front noun the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.

 

home-grown

home-grown adjective grown or produced in one's own garden or country. belonging to one's own particular locality or country: home-grown talent.

 

Home Guard

Home Guard the British citizen army organized in 1940 to defend the UK against invasion, finally disbanded in 1957.

 

home help

home help noun Brit. a person employed, especially by a local authority, to help in another's home.

 

home key

home key noun 1 Music the basic key in which a work is written. 2 a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard which acts as the base position for one's fingers in touch-typing.

 

Homel

Homel |ˈhɒmɪl | an industrial city in SE Belarus; pop. 488,100 (est. 2009 ). Russian name Gomel.

 

homeland

home |land |ˈhəʊmland | noun a person's or a people's native land: he left his homeland to settle in London. an autonomous or semi-autonomous state occupied by a particular people: they have been fighting for an independent homeland for nearly 30 years. historical any of ten partially self-governing areas in South Africa designated for particular indigenous African peoples under the former policy of apartheid.

 

homeless

home |less |ˈhəʊmlɪs | adjective (of a person ) without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets: the plight of young homeless people | (as plural noun the homeless ) : charities for the homeless. DERIVATIVES homelessness noun

 

home loan

home loan noun a loan advanced to a person to assist in buying a house or flat.

 

homely

home ¦ly |ˈhəʊmli | adjective ( homelier, homeliest ) 1 Brit. (of a place or surroundings ) simple but cosy and comfortable, as in one's own home: a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere. simple and unpretentious: homely pleasures. 2 N. Amer. (of a person ) unattractive in appearance. DERIVATIVES homeliness noun

 

home-made

home-made adjective made at home, rather than in a shop or factory: home-made bread.

 

homemaker

home |maker |ˈhəʊmmeɪkə (r )| noun chiefly N. Amer. a person, especially a woman, who manages a home. DERIVATIVES homemaking noun

 

home movie

home movie noun a film made at home or without professional equipment or expertise.

 

homeobox

homeobox |ˌhɒmɪə (ʊ )ˈbɒks, ˌhəʊm - |(also homoeobox ) noun Genetics any of a class of closely similar sequences which occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species. ORIGIN 1980s: from homeotic (see homeosis ) + the noun box 1; first discovered in homeotic genes of Drosophila fruit flies.

 

Home Office

Home Office the British government department dealing with domestic affairs, including law and order, immigration, and broadcasting, in England and Wales.

 

Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream, Baron

Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream, Baron |ˈhəːs (ə )l | see Douglas-Home, Sir Alec.

 

homeomorphism

homeomorphism |ˌhɒmɪə (ʊ )ˈmɔːfɪz (ə )m, ˌhəʊm -| noun Mathematics an instance of topological equivalence. DERIVATIVES homeomorphic adjective ORIGIN from Greek homoios like + morphē form + -ism .

 

homeopath

homeopath |ˈhəʊmɪəpaθ, ˈhɒm - |(also homoeopath ) noun a practitioner of homeopathy. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German Homöopath (see homeopathy ).

 

homeopathy

homeopathy |ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθi, hɒm - |(also homoeopathy ) noun a system of complementary medicine in which ailments are treated by minute doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment. Often contrasted with allopathy. DERIVATIVES homeopathic adjective, homeopathically adverb, homeopathist noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek homoios like + patheia (see -pathy ).

 

homeosis

homeosis |ˌhɒmɪˈəʊsɪs |(also homoeosis ) noun ( pl. homeoses |-siːz | ) Biology the replacement of part of one segment of an insect or other segmented animal by a structure characteristic of a different segment, especially through mutation. DERIVATIVES homeotic adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek homoiōsis becoming like , from homoios like .

 

homeostasis

homeostasis |ˌhɒmɪə (ʊ )ˈsteɪsɪs, ˌhəʊm - |(also homoeostasis ) noun ( pl. homeostases |-siːz | ) the tendency towards a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. DERIVATIVES homeostatic |-ˈstatɪk |adjective ORIGIN 1920s: modern Latin, from Greek homoios like + -stasis .

 

homeotherm

homeotherm |ˈhɒmɪə (ʊ )ˌθəːm |(also homoiotherm ) noun Zoology an organism that maintains its body temperature at a constant level, usually above that of the environment, by its metabolic activity. Often contrasted with poikilotherm; compare with warm-blooded. DERIVATIVES homeothermal |-ˈθəːm (ə )l |adjective, homeothermic |-ˈθəːmɪk |adjective, homeothermy noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek homoios like + thermē heat .

 

homeowner

home |owner |ˈhəʊməʊnə | noun a person who owns their own home.

 

home page

home page noun the introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site.

 

home plate

home plate noun Baseball the five-sided white rubber plate-like base next to which the batter stands and which must be touched in scoring a run.

 

homeport

home port |ˈhōmˌpôrt ˈhoʊmpɔrt | verb [ with obj. ] assign (a vessel ) to a particular port as its home: Guam's strategic location makes it the logical place to homeport an aircraft carrier.

 

home port

home port noun the port from which a ship originates.

 

Homer

Homer |ˈhəʊmə | (8th century bc ), Greek epic poet. He is traditionally held to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, though modern scholarship has revealed the place of the Homeric poems in a preliterate oral tradition. In later antiquity Homer was regarded as the greatest poet, and his poems were constantly used as a model and source by others. PHRASES Homer sometimes nods proverb even the most gifted person occasionally makes mistakes.

 

homer

homer |ˈhəʊmə | noun 1 Baseball a home run. 2 a homing pigeon. 3 informal a referee or official who is thought to favour the team playing at home.

 

Homer, Winslow

Homer, Winslow |ˈhəʊmə | (1836 –1910 ), American painter. He is best known for his seascapes which are painted in a vigorous naturalistic style considered to express the American pioneering spirit.

 

home range

home range noun Zoology an area over which an animal or group of animals regularly travels in search of food or mates, and which may overlap with those of neighbouring animals or groups of the same species.

 

Homeric

Homeric |həʊˈmɛrɪk | adjective relating to or in the style of Homer or the epic poems ascribed to him. relating to Bronze Age Greece as described in the Homeric poems: the mists of the Homeric age. epic and large-scale: some of us exert a Homeric effort. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek Homērikos, from Homēros (see Homer ).

 

homeroom

home |room |ˈhəʊmruːm | noun N. Amer. a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher before dispersing to other classes.

 

home rule

home rule noun [ mass noun ] the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens, in particular as advocated for Ireland 1870 –1914. The campaign for Irish home rule was one of the dominant forces in British politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in that Irish nationalists frequently held the balance of power in the House of Commons. A Home Rule Act was finally passed in 1914 but was suspended until after the First World War; after the Easter Rising of 1916 and Sinn Fein's successes in the general election of 1918, southern Ireland became the Irish Free State in 1921.

 

home run

home run noun Baseball a hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run.

 

homeschool

homeschool verb [ with obj. ] educate (one's child ) at home instead of sending them to a school. DERIVATIVES homeschooler noun, homeschooling noun

 

Home Secretary

Home Secretary noun (in the UK ) the Secretary of State in charge of the Home Office.

 

Home Service

Home Service one of the original programme services of the BBC (renamed Radio 4 ).

 

home shopping

home shop |ping noun [ mass noun ] shopping carried out from one's own home by ordering goods advertised in a catalogue, on television, or over the Internet. DERIVATIVES home shopper noun

 

homeshoring

homeshoring (also homesourcing ) |ˈhəʊmʃɔːrɪŋ | noun [ mass noun ] the practice of transferring employment that was previously carried out in a company's office or factory to employees' homes. ORIGIN early 21st cent.: on the pattern of offshoring .

 

homesick

home |sick |ˈhəʊmsɪk | adjective experiencing a longing for one's home during a period of absence from it: he was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. DERIVATIVES homesickness noun

 

home signal

home sig ¦nal noun Brit. a railway signal controlling entry to the immediate section of the line.

 

homesite

home |site noun N. Amer. & Austral. a building plot.

 

homespun

home |spun |ˈhəʊmspʌn | adjective 1 simple and unsophisticated: homespun philosophy. 2 (of cloth or yarn ) made or spun at home. denoting a coarse handwoven fabric similar to tweed. noun [ mass noun ] homespun cloth: clad in homespun.

 

home stand

home stand noun a series of consecutive games played at a team's home stadium, field, or court.

 

homestead

home |stead |ˈhəʊmstɛd | noun 1 a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings. Austral. /NZ the owner's residence on a sheep or cattle station. 2 N. Amer. historical an area of land (usually 160 acres ) granted to a settler in the West as a home. DERIVATIVES homesteader noun ORIGIN Old English hāmstede a settlement (see home, stead ).

 

Homestead

Home stead |ˈhōmˌsted ˈhoʊmstɛd | an agricultural and suburban city in southeastern Florida, southwest of Miami; pop. 57,936 (est. 2008 ).

 

homesteading

home |stead |ing |həʊmstɛdɪŋ | noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. life as a settler on a homestead.

 

home straight

home straight (N. Amer. also home stretch ) noun Brit. the concluding stretch of a racecourse. the last part of an activity or campaign: heading down the home stretch to Tuesday's final.

 

home study

home stud y noun 1 a course of study carried out at home, rather than in a traditional classroom setting. 2 an assessment of prospective adoptive parents to see if they are suitable for adopting a child.

 

homestyle

home |style |ˈhəʊmstʌɪl | adjective N. Amer. (especially of food ) such as would be made or provided at home; simple and unpretentious.

 

home theater

home the ¦ater noun North American term for home cinema.

 

home town

home town |ˈhəʊmtaʊn | noun the town of one's birth or early life or present fixed residence.

 

home truth

home truth noun (usu. home truths ) an unpleasant fact about oneself, especially as pointed out by another person: what he needed was someone to tell him a few home truths.

 

home unit

home unit noun Austral. /NZ a flat, especially one occupied by the owner, that is one of several in a large building.

 

home video

home vid e o noun a film on videotape for viewing at home.

 

homeward

home |ward |ˈhəʊmwəd | adverb (also homewards |-wədz |) towards home: they set off homeward. adjective going or leading towards home: their homeward journey. ORIGIN Old English hāmweard (see home, -ward ).

 

homeward-bound

homeward-bound adjective on the way home: the next day we were homeward-bound.

 

homework

home |work |ˈhəʊmwəːk | noun [ mass noun ] 1 schoolwork that a pupil is required to do at home. work or study done in preparation for an event or situation: he had evidently done his homework and read his predecessor's reports. 2 paid work carried out in one's own home, especially low-paid piecework.

 

homeworker

home |work ¦er |ˈhəʊmwəːkə | noun a person who works from home, especially doing low-paid piecework.

 

homewrecker

home wreck er |ˈhōmˌrekər ˈhoʊmˌrɛkər | noun informal one who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.

 

homey

homey |ˈhəʊmi |(also homy ) adjective ( homier, homiest ) chiefly N. Amer. (of a place or surroundings ) comfortable and cosy: a homey atmosphere. unsophisticated; unpretentious: an idealized vision of traditional peasant life as simple and homey. noun ( pl. homeys ) US informal variant spelling of homie. DERIVATIVES homeyness (also hominess ) noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

home

home noun 1 they fled their homes: residence, place of residence, house, apartment, flat, bungalow, cottage; accommodations, property, quarters, rooms, lodgings; a roof over one's head; address, place; informal pad, digs; hearth, nest; formal domicile, abode, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation. 2 an Italian stonemason far from his home. See homeland. 3 a home for the elderly: institution, nursing home, retirement home, rest home; children's home; hospice, shelter, refuge, retreat, asylum, hostel, halfway house. 4 the home of fine wines: origin, source, cradle, fount, fountainhead. adjective 1 the home market: domestic, internal, local, national, interior. ANTONYMS foreign, international. 2 home movies | the sale of home produce: homemade, homegrown, family. PHRASES at home 1 I was at home all day: in, in one's house, present, available, indoors, inside, here. 2 she felt very much at home: at ease, comfortable, relaxed, content; in one's element, on one's own turf. 3 he is at home with mathematics: confident with, conversant with, proficient in; used to, familiar with, au fait with, au courant with, skilled in, experienced in, well versed in. bring home to someone Sylvia's overdose brought home to them the fragility of their own lives: make someone realize, make someone understand, make someone aware, make clear to someone; drive home to someone, impress upon someone, draw attention to, focus attention on, underline, highlight, spotlight, emphasize, stress; informal clue someone in to. hit home See hit home at hit. home free when the inspector at the third checkpoint nodded at Mitchell, I knew we were home free | I passed the final flag with so much stamina that I knew I was home free: safe, secure, out of danger, off the hook; assured of success, the winner, victorious; informal golden. home in on the reporters immediately wanted to home in on his broken engagement: focus on, concentrate on, zero in on, center on, fix on; highlight, spotlight, target, underline, pinpoint, track, zoom in on. nothing to write home about informal the amusement park was enjoyable enough, but nothing to write home about: unexceptional, mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill, garden variety; boring, mundane, humdrum, ho-hum; tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; informal OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', plain-vanilla, no great shakes, not so hot.

 

homegrown

homegrown adjective our homegrown fruits and vegetables: local, native, indigenous, domestic.

 

homeland

homeland noun she left her homeland to settle in Japan with her husband's family: native land, country of origin, home, birthplace, hometown; roots, fatherland, motherland, mother country, land of one's fathers; the old country.

 

homeless

homeless adjective homeless people: of no fixed address, without a roof over one's head, on the streets, vagrant, displaced, dispossessed, destitute, down-and-out. noun charities for the homeless: people of no fixed address, vagrants, down-and-outs, street people, tramps, vagabonds, itinerants, transients, migrants, derelicts, drifters, hoboes; informal bag ladies, bums.

 

homely

homely adjective 1 she's rather homely: unattractive, plain, unprepossessing, unlovely, ill-favored, ugly; informal not much to look at. ANTONYMS attractive. 2 a homely atmosphere. See homey (sense 1 ). 3 homely pursuits. See homey (sense 2 ).

 

homemade

homemade adjective 1 homemade bread and jam: homestyle, homespun, simple, basic, plain; rustic, folksy; informal like Mom used to make. 2 a homemade bomb: handmade, makeshift, jerry-built, rudimentary; crude, rough, unsophisticated.

 

homeowner

homeowner noun homeowners have drafted a petition against the proposed landfill on Fuller Drive: owner, householder, resident, occupant, proprietor.

 

homespun

homespun adjective homespun rural philosophy: unsophisticated, plain, simple, basic, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, folksy; coarse, rough, crude, rudimentary, bush-league. ANTONYMS sophisticated.

 

homey

homey adjective 1 the house is homey yet elegant: cozy, homelike, homely, comfortable, snug, welcoming, informal, relaxed, intimate, warm, pleasant, cheerful, friendly, congenial, hospitable; informal comfy. ANTONYMS uncomfortable, formal. 2 life on the mountain was simple and homey: unsophisticated, homely, unrefined, unpretentious, plain, simple, modest, domestic; everyday, ordinary. ANTONYMS sophisticated.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

home

home noun 1 the floods forced people to flee their homes: place of residence, accommodation, property, a roof over one's head; quarters, lodgings, rooms; address, location, place; informal pad; Brit. informal digs; formal residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation. 2 there is a growing demand for new homes: house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage, terraced house, semi-detached house, detached house; informal semi. 3 I spent long stretches of time far from my home: native land, homeland, home town, birthplace, roots, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, land of one's fathers, the old country. 4 a private home for the elderly: institution, residential home, nursing home, old people's home, retirement home, convalescent home, rest home, children's home; hospice, shelter, refuge, retreat, asylum, hostel. 5 Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines: domain, realm, place of origin, source, cradle, fount, fountainhead. 6 Montana is home to a surprising number of rare animals: natural habitat, natural environment, natural territory, habitat, home ground, stamping ground, haunt. PHRASES at home 1 I told him I'd be at home most of the day: in, in one's house, present, available, indoors, inside, here. ANTONYMS out. 2 Milan was one of the big cities where she felt very much at home: at ease, comfortable, relaxed, content, confident, at peace, in one's element. ANTONYMS ill at ease. 3 he was not particularly at home with mathematics: confident with, conversant with, proficient in, competent at, used to, familiar with, au fait with, au courant with, skilled in, experienced in, well versed in; informal well up on. ANTONYMS unused to. 4 she took to her room and was not at home to friends: entertaining, receiving, playing host to, showing hospitality to. bring something home to someone Art's illness brought home to them the gravity of the situation: make someone realize, make someone understand, make someone aware of, make someone conscious of, make something clear to someone, drive home, press home, impress upon someone, draw attention to, focus attention on, point up, underline, highlight, spotlight, foreground, emphasize, stress. hit home See hit. nothing to write home about informal his looks were nothing to write home about: unexceptional, mediocre, ordinary, common, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill, middling, medium, moderate, everyday, workaday, tolerable, passable, adequate, fair, nothing out of the ordinary; informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain ) vanilla, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much; Brit. informal common or garden; N. Amer. informal ornery; NZ informal half-pie. ANTONYMS exceptional. adjective 1 we need to stimulate demand within the UK home market: domestic, internal, local, national, interior, native. ANTONYMS foreign, international. 2 a sale of home produce: home-made, home-grown, locally produced, family, local. verb PHRASES home in on a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil: focus on, focus attention on, concentrate on, zero in on, centre on, fix on, aim at, highlight, spotlight, underline, pinpoint; informal zoom in on. WORD LINKS home oikophobia fear of home Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

homeland

homeland noun he left his homeland to settle in London: native land, native country, country of origin, home, fatherland, motherland, mother country, land of one's fathers, the old country.

 

homeless

homeless adjective the plight of young homeless people: without a roof over one's head, on the streets, vagrant, sleeping rough, living rough; destitute, down and out, derelict, itinerant; Brit. informal dossing; formal of no fixed abode. noun (the homeless ) charities for the homeless: homeless people, vagrants, down-and-outs, tramps, beggars, vagabonds, itinerants, transients, migrants, derelicts, drifters, beachcombers; N. Amer. hobos; Austral. bagmen, knockabouts, overlanders, sundowners, whalers; informal bag ladies; Brit. informal dossers; N. Amer. informal bums, bindlestiffs; Austral. /NZ informal derros; S. African informal outies; formal people of no fixed abode.

 

homely

homely adjective 1 a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere: cosy, homelike, homey, comfortable, snug, welcoming, friendly, congenial, hospitable, informal, relaxed, intimate, warm, pleasant, cheerful; N. Amer. down-home, homestyle; informal comfy. ANTONYMS uncomfortable, formal. 2 he interested himself in the homely pursuit of keeping chickens: unsophisticated, everyday, ordinary, domestic, plain, simple, modest, natural, down-to-earth, homespun, folksy, unrefined, unpretentious, unaffected, unassuming. ANTONYMS sophisticated. 3 N. Amer. the girl is clumsy, homely, and desperate for a date: unattractive, plain, plain-featured, plain-looking, plain as a pikestaff, ordinary-looking, unprepossessing, unlovely, ill-favoured, ugly; informal not much to look at, short on looks; Brit. informal no oil painting; Austral. /NZ informal drack. ANTONYMS attractive.

 

Homeric

Homeric adjective some of us exert a Homeric effort: epic, large-scale, grand, monumental, vast, heroic, impressive, imposing.

 

homespun

homespun adjective he was a source of homespun rural philosophy: unsophisticated, unpolished, unrefined, plain, simple, rustic, folksy, artless, modest, natural; coarse, rough, rude, crude, rudimentary. ANTONYMS sophisticated.

 

homey

homey adjective 1 the house is homey yet elegant: cosy, homelike, homely, comfortable, snug, welcoming, friendly, congenial, hospitable, informal, relaxed, intimate, warm, pleasant, cheerful; N. Amer. down-home, homestyle; informal comfy. ANTONYMS uncomfortable, formal. 2 an idealized vision of traditional peasant life as simple and homey: unsophisticated, homely, unrefined, unpretentious, ordinary, plain, simple, modest, down-to-earth, homespun. ANTONYMS sophisticated.

 

Duden Dictionary

Homebanking

Home ban king , Home-Ban king Substantiv, Neutrum , das Home-Banking |ˈhoʊmbæŋkɪŋ ˈhoʊmbæŋkɪŋ |das Homebanking; Genitiv: des Homebanking [s ] das Home-Banking; Genitiv: des Home-Banking [s ] englisch home banking, aus: home = Heim und Banking Abwicklung von Bankgeschäften über das Internet von zu Hause aus

 

Homebase

Home base Substantiv, Neutrum Baseball , das das Homebase; Genitiv: des Homebase, Plural: die Homebases Homebase 1

 

Homebase

Home base Substantiv, feminin , die Home-Base |ˈhoʊmbeɪs ˈhoʊmbeɪs |die Homebase; Genitiv: der Homebase, Plural: die Homebases die Home-Base; Genitiv: der Home-Base, Plural: die Home-Bases englisch home base 1 Baseball Mal zwischen den beiden Schlägerboxen 2 a Jargon Heimat, heimatlicher Ausgangspunkt a b Jargon Ausgangspunkt b , Ausgangsbasis

 

Homecare

Home care , Home-Care Substantiv, feminin , die Home-Care |…kɛə …kɛə |die Homecare; Genitiv: der Homecare, Plural: die Homecares die Home-Care; Genitiv: der Home-Care, Plural: die Home-Cares Form der Kranken- und Altenbetreuung, bei der die Patienten in der vertrauten häuslichen Umgebung versorgt werden

 

Homecomputer

Home com pu ter , Home-Com pu ter Substantiv, maskulin , der Home-Computer |ˈhoʊm … ˈhoʊm …|der Homecomputer; Genitiv: des Homecomputers, Plural: die Homecomputer der Home-Computer; Genitiv: des Home-Computers, Plural: die Home-Computer englisch home computer, aus: home = Heim und Computer PC

 

Homedress

Home dress , Home-Dress Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die Home-Dress der Homedress; Genitiv: des Homedress und Homedresses, Homedresse, österreichisch auch die Homedress; Genitiv: der Homedress, Plural: die Homedressen der Home-Dress; Genitiv: des Home-Dress und Home-Dresses, Home-Dresse, österreichisch auch die Home-Dress; Genitiv: der Home-Dress, Plural: die Home-Dressen englisch Hauskleid, Hausanzug

 

Homefighter

Home figh ter , Home-Figh ter Substantiv, maskulin , der Home-Fighter |ˈhoʊmfa͜itɐ ˈhoʊmfa͜itɐ |der Homefighter; Genitiv: des Homefighters, Plural: die Homefighter der Home-Fighter; Genitiv: des Home-Fighters, Plural: die Home-Fighter aus englisch home = Heim und Fighter im heimischen Boxring, vor heimischem Publikum besonders starker und erfolgreicher Boxer

 

Homeland

Home land Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈhoʊmlænd |das Homeland; Genitiv: des Homeland [s ], Plural: die Homelands meist im Plural englisch homeland (im Rahmen der in der Republik Südafrika 1948 bis 1993 angewandten Doktrin der Apartheid ) bestimmten Teilen der schwarzen Bevölkerung zugewiesenes Siedlungsgebiet

 

Homelearning

Home lear ning, Home-Lear ning Substantiv, Neutrum , das Home-Learning |ˈhoʊmləːnɪŋ ˈhoʊmləːnɪŋ |das Homelearning; Genitiv: des Homelearning [s ] das Home-Learning; Genitiv: des Home-Learning [s ] aus englisch home = Heim und learning = das Lernen a [durch Lernsoftware, Internet o. Ä. unterstütztes ] Lernen von zu Hause aus b Homeschooling

 

Homeoffice

Home of fice , Home-Of fice Substantiv, Neutrum , das Home-Office |ˈhoʊm |ɔfɪs ˈhoʊm |ɔfɪs |das Homeoffice; Genitiv: des Homeoffice, Plural: die Homeoffices |[…|ɔfɪsɪs ] |das Home-Office; Genitiv: des Home-Office, Plural: die Home-Offices |[…|ɔfɪsɪs ] |aus englisch home = Heim und Office [mit moderner Kommunikationstechnik ausgestattetes ] Büro im eigenen Wohnhaus

 

Homepage

Home page , Home-Page Substantiv, feminin EDV , die Home-Page |ˈhoʊmpeɪd͜ʃ ˈhoʊmpeɪd͜ʃ |die Homepage; Genitiv: der Homepage, Plural: die Homepages |[…d͜ʃɪs ]|die Home-Page; Genitiv: der Home-Page, Plural: die Home-Pages |[…d͜ʃɪs ]|englisch home page, aus: home = Heim und page = Seite a über das Internet als grafische Darstellung abrufbare Datei, die als Ausgangspunkt zu den angebotenen Informationen einer Person, Firma oder Institution dient; Leitseite, Startseite eine Homepage einrichten b Gesamtheit der Dateien einer Person, Firma oder Institution, die von der Homepage a erreichbar sind

 

Homeplate

Home plate , Home-Plate Substantiv, Neutrum Baseball , das Home-Plate |…pleɪt …pleɪt |das Homeplate; Genitiv: des Homeplate [s ], Plural: die Homeplates das Home-Plate; Genitiv: des Home-Plate [s ], Plural: die Home-Plates Homebase 1

 

Homer

Ho mer Eigenname |Hom e r |altgriechischer Dichter

 

Homeride

Ho me ri de Substantiv, maskulin , der |Homer i de |griechisch-lateinisch 1 Rhapsode, der die homerischen Gedichte vortrug 2 Angehöriger einer altgriechischen Rhapsodengilde auf der Insel Chios, die sich von Homer herleitete

 

homerisch

ho me risch Adjektiv |hom e risch |typisch für den Dichter Homer, in seinen Werken [häufig ] anzutreffen homerisches Gelächter Gelächter 1

 

Homerismus

Ho me ris mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Homer i smus |der Homerismus; Genitiv: des Homerismus, Plural: die Homerismen homerischer Ausdruck, homerisches Stilelement im Werk eines anderen Dichters

 

Homeros

Ho me ros Homer |Hom e ros |

 

Homerule

Home rule Substantiv, feminin , die Home-Rule |ˈhoʊmruːl |englisch home rule = Selbstregierung politisches Schlagwort für das von der irischen Nationalpartei angestrebte (1922 außer in Ulster verwirklichte ) Ziel, die Selbstständigkeit Irlands auf parlamentarischem Wege zu erreichen

 

Home-Rule

Home-Rule Substantiv, feminin , die Homerule |ˈhoʊmruːl |die Home-Rule; Genitiv: der Home-Rule englisch home rule = Selbstregierung politisches Schlagwort für das von der irischen Nationalpartei angestrebte (1922 außer in Ulster verwirklichte ) Ziel, die Selbstständigkeit Irlands auf parlamentarischem Wege zu erreichen

 

Homerun

Home run , Home-Run Substantiv, maskulin Baseball , der Home-Run |ˈhoʊmrʌn ˈhoʊmrʌn |der Homerun; Genitiv: des Homerun [s ], Plural: die Homeruns der Home-Run; Genitiv: des Home-Run [s ], Plural: die Home-Runs englisch home run, eigentlich = Heim-, Mallauf Treffer, der es dem Schläger ermöglicht, nach Berühren des ersten, zweiten und dritten Base das Schlagmal wieder zu erreichen einen Homerun erzielen

 

Homeschooling

Home schoo ling , Home-Schoo ling Substantiv, Neutrum , das Home-Schooling |…skuːlɪŋ …skuːlɪŋ |das Homeschooling; Genitiv: des Homeschooling [s ] das Home-Schooling; Genitiv: des Home-Schooling [s ] englisch homeschooling, aus: home = Heim und schooling = Schulbildung Hausunterricht

 

Homeshopping

Home shop ping , Home-Shop ping Substantiv, Neutrum , das Home-Shopping |…ʃɔpɪŋ …ʃɔpɪŋ |das Homeshopping; Genitiv: des Homeshoppings das Home-Shopping; Genitiv: des Home-Shoppings englisch home shopping, aus: home = Heim und Shopping das Einkaufen per Bestellung von zu Hause aus besonders über das Internet

 

Homesitter

Home sit ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |…zɪtɐ |der Homesitter; Genitiv: des Homesitters, Plural: die Homesitter Analogiebildung zu Babysitter jemand, der das Haus des Hauseigentümers während dessen Abwesenheit bewohnt und bewacht

 

Homespun

Home spun Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |span |das Homespun oder der Homespun; Genitiv: des Homespuns, Plural: die Homespuns englisch ; »hausgesponnen «grobfädiger, früher handgesponnener noppiger Wollstoff

 

Homestory

Home sto ry , Home-Sto ry Substantiv, feminin , die Home-Story |ˈhoʊm … ˈhoʊm …|die Homestory; Genitiv: der Homestory, Plural: die Homestorys die Home-Story; Genitiv: der Home-Story, Plural: die Home-Storys aus englisch home = Heim und story, Story mit Fotos versehener Bericht in einer Zeitschrift o. Ä. über eine [prominente ] Person in ihrem häuslichen, privaten Bereich

 

Hometrainer

Home trai ner , Home-Trai ner Substantiv, maskulin , der Home-Trainer |ˈhoʊm … ˈhoʊm …|der Hometrainer; Genitiv: des Hometrainers, Plural: die Hometrainer der Home-Trainer; Genitiv: des Home-Trainers, Plural: die Home-Trainer aus englisch home = Heim und Trainer Übungsgerät (z. B. stationäres Fahrrad, Rudergerät ) für den Hausgebrauch zum Konditions- und Ausgleichssport oder zu heilgymnastischen Zwecken; Heimtrainer 1

 

Homewear

Home wear Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈhoʊmwɛːɐ̯ |die Homewear; Genitiv: der Homewear aus englisch home = Heim und wear = Kleidung bequeme Kleidung, die man [nur ] zu Hause trägt

 

French Dictionary

home center

home center Anglicisme pour maisonnerie.

 

home cinema

home cinema Anglicisme pour cinéma maison.

 

homélie

homélie n. f. nom féminin Sermon. : Le curé nous servit sa belle homélie.

 

homéopathe

homéopathe adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Se dit d ’une personne qui pratique l ’homéopathie. Note Orthographique homéopat h e.

 

homéopathie

homéopathie n. f. nom féminin Méthode thérapeutique. ANTONYME allopathie . Note Orthographique homéopat h ie.

 

homéopathique

homéopathique adj. adjectif Relatif à l ’homéopathie. : Des traitements homéopathiques. LOCUTION Dose homéopathique. figuré Par très petites quantités. : Ils lisent très peu, à dose homéopathique, dirons-nous.

 

home page

home page FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour page d ’accueil.

 

homérique

homérique adj. adjectif 1 Relatif à Homère. 2 Qui est digne d ’Homère. : Une aventure homérique. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule.

 

Spanish Dictionary

home cinema

home cinema nombre masculino Sistema que permite visionar, a través de la pantalla de televisión doméstica, productos audiovisuales con la calidad sonora de las proyecciones en una sala de cine .Se pronuncia aproximadamente 'jome sinema' .

 

homeless

homeless nombre común Persona que no tiene un lugar donde vivir y duerme en la calle o en establecimientos benéficos .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés homeless sin hogar .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘jomles ’.El plural es homeless .

 

homenaje

homenaje nombre masculino 1 Demostración pública de admiración y respeto hacia una persona :a las ocho de esta tarde, en el paraninfo de la universidad, tendrá lugar la lectura homenaje a Quevedo; se reunieron el domingo los ciento veinte damnificados para hacer un homenaje a las víctimas .2 Juramento solemne de fidelidad hecho antiguamente a un rey o señor . VÉASE torre del homenaje . ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xii ) del occitano antiguo omenatge, derivado de ome hombre en el sentido feudal de ‘vasallo ’. De la familia etimológica de hombre (V.).

 

homenajeado, -da

homenajeado, -da nombre masculino y femenino Persona que recibe un homenaje :el compositor canario fue el otro gran homenajeado .

 

homenajear

homenajear verbo transitivo Hacer un homenaje .

 

homeo-

homeo- Elemento prefijal de origen griego que entra en la formación de nombres y adjetivos con el significado de semejante ’, ‘parecido ’:homeopatía, homeotermo .

 

homeópata

homeópata nombre común /adjetivo Persona que se dedica al estudio de la homeopatía o la ejerce como profesión .

 

homeopatía

homeopatía nombre femenino Método curativo de algunas enfermedades que se fundamenta en la aplicación de pequeñas cantidades de sustancias que, si se aplicaran en grandes proporciones a un individuo sano, producirían los mismos síntomas que se pretenden combatir :la homeopatía considera que solo los síntomas constituyen el medio por el cual la enfermedad nos indica su agente curativo .ANTÓNIMO alopatía .ETIMOLOGÍA Compuesto (s. xix ) del griego hómoios semejante ’ y páthos padecimiento, enfermedad ’. Voz creada por el alemán S. Hahnemann (1796 ) para designar este método de curación. De la familia etimológica de padecer (V.).

 

homeopático, -ca

homeopático, -ca adjetivo De la homeopatía o relacionado con este método curativo :tratamiento homeopático; doctrina homeopática; farmacia homeopática; terapéutica homeopática .

 

homeostasia

homeostasia nombre femenino Homeóstasis .

 

homeóstasis

homeóstasis u homeostasis nombre femenino Conjunto de fenómenos de autorregulación, conducentes al mantenimiento de una relativa constancia en la composición y las propiedades del medio interno de un organismo :los mecanismos reguladores de la homeostasis; (fig ) se mantiene la homeostasis familiar y se reequilibran todas las alteraciones y conflictos que se generan en el hogar .SINÓNIMO homeostasia .El plural es homeóstasis u homeostasis .

 

homeostático, -ca

homeostático, -ca adjetivo De la homeóstasis o relacionado con ella :teoría homeostática; el sudor es un mecanismo homeostático que permite el descenso de la temperatura corporal .

 

homeotermia

homeotermia nombre femenino biol Estado o capacidad de los seres vivos que mantienen constante la temperatura corporal, con independencia de las variaciones de la temperatura ambiental .SINÓNIMO isotermia .

 

homeotérmico, -ca

homeotérmico, -ca adjetivo 1 biol De la homeotermia o relacionado con ella .2 zool [animal ] Que es de sangre caliente .

 

homeotermo, -ma

homeotermo, -ma adjetivo biol [organismo ] Que presenta homeotermia .

 

homérico, -ca

homérico, -ca adjetivo De Homero (poeta griego, s. ix a. C.) o relacionado con él o con su obra .

 

homero

homero nombre masculino Árbol de tronco erecto y grueso, copa redonda, corteza oscura y rugosa, hojas caducas y frutos agrupados en pequeñas piñas; puede alcanzar hasta 30 m de altura; crece cerca de los ríos o de lugares muy húmedos .SINÓNIMO aliso .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

home

home /hoʊm /〖「村, 町 」>「わが家 」〗(形 )homeless 名詞 s /-z /1 a. C U 我が家 , 自宅 , ; C 家庭 , 世帯 ; U 家庭生活 (!一般にhouseが建物を意味するのに対してhomeは建物に加え家族の暮らしの場としての意を含む. ただし ⦅米 ⦆ではhouseの意でも用いられる; b ) away from home 家を離れて [あけて ], 留守にして make one's home in New York ニューヨークに住む run away from home ⦅米 ⦆家出をする There's no place like home .ことわざ 我が家にまさる所なし work at [⦅主に英 ⦆from ] home (出社せずに )家で仕事をする, 在宅勤務をする one's spiritual home 心の拠 (よ )り所, 精神的な安らぎの場 It was thought that a woman's place was in [╳ at ] the home .昔は, 女性は家にいるべきだと考えられていた (!所有格代名詞 定冠詞を伴うとatではなくinを用いる; at home ) b. C ⦅米 ⦆(建物としての ), 住宅 one's own home ≒ a home of one's own 自宅 ; 持ち家 buy a new [single-family, 10 -year-old ] home 新しい [1世帯用の, 築10年の ]家を買う ▸ a second home 別宅 2 C a. (老人 病人 子供などの )養護施設 , ホーム go to [into ] a nursing home (医療完備の )老人ホーム [⦅英 ⦆個人病院 ]に入る grow up in a children's home 養護施設で育つ an old people's [folks' ] home ≒ a home for the elderly [aged ]養老院 b. (飼い主のない犬 猫の )収容施設 .3 C U 故郷 , 郷里 ; 故国 , 本国 (!実際の出身地以外に現在住んでいる所も示し, その土地への愛着や心地よさなどを含意 ) My son was born in Japan, but he's made Canada his home .うちの息子は日本で生まれたが, 今ではカナダが (第2の )ふるさとだ This city is home to more than 15,000 people from overseas .この市には1万5千人以上の外国人が住んでいる (╳ the としない; 4 b 用例 )Where is your home (town )?お国はどちらですか (≒Where are you from? )(╳ Where is your country? としない )4 C 〖通例the a. (物 事の )発祥地 ; 本場 ; 原産地 the home of the Olympics オリンピック発祥の地 This area is the home of the oil industry .この一帯は石油産業の中心地です b. (動物の )生息地 ; (植物の )自生地 Australia is the home of the kangaroo.Australia is home to the kangaroo .オーストラリアはカンガルーの生息地です (!toを伴う場合は ╳the ~としない ) .5 C 本拠地 , 本部 , 基地 .6 U 野球 本塁 , ホームベース ; スポーツ 本拠地での試合 [勝利 ]; 決勝点 .7 C ⦅英 くだけて ⦆保管 [収納 ]場所 .(a ) h me aw y from h me ⦅米 ⦆=(a ) h me from h me 我が家のようにくつろげる場所 .at h me 1 在宅して, 自宅に (いて )(副詞 1 ).2 くつろいで, 気楽に ▸ I feel [am ] most at home in my room [with you ].僕は自分の部屋 [君と一緒 ]にいる時が一番くつろげるんだ Come in, and make yourself at home .⦅話 ⦆さあ入って, どうぞ楽にしてください Good music makes people feel right at home .良い音楽は人の心を和ませてくれます 3 «…に » 精通して, 手慣れて «with , in , on » He is equally at home in German and French .彼はドイツ語もフランス語も堪能 たんのう 4 国内 [本国 ]で (の )(abroad )▸ problems at home and abroad 国内外の問題 5 スポーツ 本拠地で (の )consecutive wins at home ホームグラウンドでの連勝 cl se to h me 〈問題などが 〉身につまされて ; 〈発言などが 〉胸につきささる, 図星で .f nd a h me for A Aにふさわしい場所を見つける ; ⦅英 くだけて ⦆A 〈物 〉の保管 [収納 ]場所を見つける .g to one's l ng [l st ] h me 死ぬ,(い ).h me sw et h me 我が家ってなんていいんだろう .l ave h me (親から )独立する ; (仕事などで )家を出る .wh n he's [she's, it's ] at h me? ⦅英 おどけた話 ⦆(相手の挙げた名前 事柄などを聞き返して )そいつ [それ ]はいったい何者だい [何のことだ ].形容詞 比較なし 名詞 の前で 〗1 自宅の ; 故郷の ; 家庭 (); 自家製の one's home address 自宅の住所 return to one's home country 祖国に戻る have a happy home life 幸せな家庭生活を送る ▸ a home video ホームビデオ 2 国内の , 本国の ▸ products for the home market 国内市場向けの製品 home affairs 内政 (foreign affairs )3 本拠地の , ホームグラウンドの ; ⦅米 ⦆本部の , 主要な play a home game [match ]ホームグラウンドで試合を行う home office workers 本社勤めの人 4 急所を突く , 手厳しい .h me and aw y 野球 サッカー 本拠地と敵地とで相互に試合をする制度 .副詞 比較なし 1 〖goなどの動作動詞と共に 〗自宅へ []; 故郷へ []; 自国へ [](return コーパスの窓 ); ⦅主に米 ⦆be, stayなどの状態動詞と共に 〗在宅して , 家にいて (⦅主に英 ⦆at home )go [come ] home 家に帰る ; 帰国する get [arrive ] home 家に着く return home to California カリフォルニアの自宅に戻る on one's [the ] way home from work 仕事から帰る途中で one's friends back home 故郷の友人 stay [sit ] home all day ⦅主に米 ⦆1日中家にいる [じっとしている ](≒ ⦅主に英 ⦆stay [sit ] at home …)Mom, I'm home !お母さん, ただいま I'll be home in a minute .すぐに帰ってくるからね 2 しっかりと , 十分に ; ねらったところに ; 痛烈に , 辛辣 しんらつ drive [hammer ] a nail home くぎを深く打ち込む drive [hammer, press ] the point home 要点をしっかりとたたき込む Four missiles struck home .⦅書 ⦆4発のミサイルが命中した His jokes really hit home with [struck home to ] me .彼の冗談は私の胸にひどくこたえた 3 野球 本塁へ ; 競技 決勝点へ , ゴールへ .br ng A h me アイル 俗 ⦆〈助産師などが 〉A 〈赤ん坊 〉を取り上げる .br ng A h me (to B )br ng h me (to B ) A A 〈事 〉を (B 〈人 〉に )痛感させる . The accident will bring home to him the danger of drunken driving .その事故で彼も飲酒運転の危険を思い知るだろう c me h me 1 【人に 】痛切に感じられる, 完全に理解される [明らかになる ] «to » .2 副詞 1 .g h me 1 副詞 1 .2 〈矢 言葉などが 〉ぐさりと刺さる .h me fr e ⦅米 ⦆=h me and dr =h me and h sed ⦅豪 ニュージー ⦆⦅くだけて ⦆(苦難の末に )勝利 [成功 ]を収めて [が確実で ]; 目的を達成して, 安心で .n thing (m ch ) to wr te h me ab ut ⦅くだけて ⦆とりたてて言うほどもないもの [こと ]; ありふれたこと [もの ].t ke h me A A 〈金額 〉を手取りで稼ぐ .動詞 自動詞 1 [故郷 , 本国 ]に帰る .2 〈特に訓練されたハトが 〉巣に戻る .他動詞 1 〈人 〉を家に送る .2 〈人 〉に家を提供する .h me n on A 1 〈ミサイルなどが 〉A 〈標的など 〉を正確にねらう, 目指す .2 A 〈ある問題 事柄など 〉に懸命に取り組む, 注意を向ける .~̀ b se (!⦅米 ⦆) 1 〖単数形で 〗野球 本塁, ホームベース (baseball ).2 本社 .3 本拠地, 基地 .~̀ c nema ⦅英 ⦆home theater .~̀ comp ter ⦅主に米 ⦆家庭用パソコン .H C unties the ロンドン周辺の諸州 〘主にEssex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshireなど 〙.~̀ del very s rvice 宅配サービス .~̀ econ mics 〖通例単数扱い 〗家政学 (domestic science ); 家庭科 .~̀ f rm ⦅主に英 南ア (地主専用の )農場 .~̀ fr nt 〖通例the 銃後 (の国民 ).~̀ gr und 1 スポーツ ホームグラウンド, 本拠地 .2 (一般に )地元, 本拠地 be on (one's ) home ground 本拠地 [地元 ]にいる ; 自信のある, 安心した .H Gu rd 〘英史 〙〖通例the 国防市民軍 (兵 ); ⦅米 ⦆地方義勇兵 .~̀ h alth ide ⦅米 ⦆ [h lp ⦅英 ⦆](老人 病人の世話をする )ホームヘルパー, 家政婦 (╳ home helperとしない ).~̀ m vie ホームムービー 〘家族などを撮影し家庭で楽しむもの 〙.~̀ ffice 1 本社 .2 自宅内オフィス .3 ⦅英 ⦆the H- O-; 単数形で 〗内務省 .~́ p ge インターネット ホームページ .~̀ ph ne 自宅の電話 .~̀ pl te home base (1 ).~̀ r om ⦅米 ⦆homeroom .~̀ r le 1 自治権 .2 〖H- R- 〗アイルランド自治 (権 ).~̀ r n 野球 ホームラン, 本塁打 (⦅米 くだけて ⦆homer )hit a solo home run ソロホームランを打つ (!「満塁ホームラン 」はa grand slam ) .~̀ scr en ⦅米 ⦆テレビ .H S cretary ⦅英 ⦆〖通例the 内務大臣 .~̀ sh pping ホームショッピング 〘家庭から電話 インターネットなどで注文する 〙.~̀ s gnal ⦅英 ⦆(列車に対する場内への )進入許可信号 .~̀ str ight homestretch .~̀ t am 地元チーム .~̀ th ater ⦅米 ⦆ホームシアター .~̀ t me ⦅英 ⦆下校の時間 .~̀ tr de ⦅英 ⦆国内の商売 .~̀ tr th 通例 s 〗(他者から打ち明けられる )不愉快な [胸にこたえる ]事実 .~̀ nit ⦅豪 ⦆(集合住宅の )一戸 .~̀ ser 〘コンピュ 〙個人ユーザー 〘企業ユーザーに対して 〙.~̀ v sit (医者 看護師による )家庭訪問 .

 

homebody

h me b dy 名詞 -ies C ⦅米 くだけて ⦆(家にばかりいて )出不精の人, 家庭的な人 .

 

homebound

h me b und 形容詞 1 〈船舶などが 〉本国行きの ; 家路に向かう .2 (病気で )家にいる .

 

homeboy

h me b y 名詞 s C ⦅主に米 黒人 くだけて ⦆1 同郷の (友 )人 .2 不良仲間 (!同じグループ内で用いる ) .3 ラップミュージシャン .

 

homebrew

h me br w 名詞 U 自家醸造のビール .h me br wed 形容詞

 

homecoming

h me c ming 名詞 1 U C 帰省, 帰郷, 帰国 .2 C ⦅米 ⦆(高校 大学の卒業生が )学校に戻ってくる機会 [行事 ], (毎年開催される )同窓会, ホームカミング .

 

homegirl

h me g rl 名詞 C homeboyの女性形 .

 

homegrown

h me gr wn 形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 自家栽培 [生産 ]の 〈野菜など 〉.2 国産の, 地方産 [県産 ]の ; 自国 [地元 ]で訓練された, 生え抜きの .

 

homeland

h me l nd 名詞 C 1 〖通例単数形で 〗本国, 故国, 母国 .2 南ア 〖通例複数扱い 〗(アパルトヘイト政策での )黒人居住 [自治 ]地域 .

 

homeless

home less /hóʊmləs /home 形容詞 比較なし 家のない ; 野良の , 飼い主のない ; the ; 集合的に; 名詞的に 〗ホームレス , 家のない人たち (!複数扱い ) .ness 名詞 U ホームレスであること [状態 ].

 

homelike

h me l ke 形容詞 我が家のような, 親しめる, 気楽な .

 

homely

h me ly 形容詞 1 ⦅英 ほめて ⦆〈場所などが 〉心地 [気持ちの ]よい, 家庭的な ▸ a homely house 心地のよい家 2 ⦅主に英 ほめて ⦆〈食べ物が 〉質素な, ありふれた, 家庭的な .3 ⦅英 ほめて ⦆〈女性が 〉心あたたかい, 打ち解けた, 家庭的な .4 ⦅米 けなして ⦆〈人 顔立ちが 〉魅力のない, 無器量な .

 

homemade

home made /-́-̀ |-̀-́, また -́-̀ /形容詞 (食品など )手製の, 自家製の homemade jam 自家製のジャム (╳handmade … としない )

 

homemaker

h me m ker 名詞 C ⦅主に米 ⦆(専業 )主婦 (housewife ), 家庭内の仕事をやり繰りする人 .

 

homemaking

h me m king 名詞 U 家庭づくり ; 家事 (のやり繰り ).

 

homeopath

ho me o path /hóʊmiəpæ̀θ /名詞 C 同毒 [同種 ]療法医師 .

 

homeopathy

ho me op a thy /hòʊmiɑ́pəθi |-ɔ́p -/名詞 U 〘医 〙同毒 [同種 ]療法 .

 

homeowner

h me wner 名詞 C マイホーム所有者, 持ち家の住人 .

 

Homer

Ho mer /hóʊmə r /名詞 ホメロス 〘古代ギリシャ最大の叙事詩人 〙Even Homer sometimes nods .ことわざ ホメロスもしくじることがある ; 「弘法も筆の誤り 」.

 

homer

hom er /hóʊmə r /名詞 C 1 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆野球 ホームラン (home run ).2 伝書バト .動詞 自動詞 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆野球 ホームランを打つ .

 

homeroom

h me r om 名詞 U C ⦅米 ⦆ホームルーム (の教室 [時間 ]).

 

homeshoreing

h me sh re ing 名詞 U (インターネットなどを活用して )業務を国内の在宅労働者に回すこと (!offshoringに対して ) .

 

homesick

h me s ck 形容詞 通例 be ホームシックの , 【家 故郷などを 】恋しがる «for » feel homesick for one's hometown 故郷を恋しく思う ness 名詞

 

homespun

h me sp n 形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 素朴な, 単純な, 月並みな 〈考えなど 〉.2 手織りの布地から作られた, 家で織られた 〈服など 〉.

 

homestay

h me st y 名詞 s C ⦅主に米 ⦆ホームステイ 〘外国人などの一般家庭滞在による生活 文化体験 〙do a homestay ホームステイをする

 

homestead

h me st ad 名詞 C 1 ⦅米 古 ⦆(居住 耕作を条件に )政府から与えられた土地 .2 (周囲の建物なども含めた )農場, 農地 .動詞 自動詞 他動詞 ⦅米 古 ⦆(〈土地 〉を )政府に与えられて入植する .er 名詞 C 入植者 .

 

homesteading

h me st ad ing 名詞 U ⦅米 ⦆(都市の荒廃防止の )都市定住奨励 (政策 ).

 

homestretch

h me str tch ⦅主に英 ⦆h me str ight 名詞 C 1 〖単数形で; the (レースなどの )決勝ゴール前の直線コース .2 (活動 旅行 仕事などの )最後の部分, 最終段階, 山場 .

 

hometown

h me t wn 名詞 C 故郷, 生まれ育った町, 子供時代を過ごした場所 ; 住んでいる町 .

 

homeward

home ward /hóʊmwə r d /比較なし 形容詞 名詞 の前で 〗家へ向けて, 帰途の .副詞 ⦅主に米 ⦆動詞 の後で 〗帰途について, 家 [本国 ]に向かって (⦅主に英 ⦆homewards )homeward bound ⦅文 ⦆帰路についている

 

homewards

h me wards 副詞 ⦅主に英 ⦆homeward .

 

homework

home work /hóʊmwə̀ː r k /名詞 U 1 (学校の )宿題 (!⦅米 ⦆では C 名詞の (homework ) assignmentも用いる ) do one's homework 宿題をする I've got a lot of [╳many ] homework today .今日はたっぷり宿題があるんだ (!数量をいうときは数詞やmanyを用いずa piece of, plenty of, some, anyを用い, 否定文 疑問文ではmuchを用いる ) 2 ⦅くだけて ⦆準備 , 下調べ She really did her homework .彼女は必要な下準備をすべて済ませた

 

homey

hom ey /hóʊmi /形容詞 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆家庭のような, 気持ちのよい, 居心地のよい (cosy, homely ).名詞 ⦅米 ⦆〖単数形で 〗同じ地域から来た人 [友達 ].