adv close; closely.
2. home ·noun ·see homelyn.
3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home.
4. home ·adj close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
5. home ·add. ·noun the plate at which the batter stands.
6. home ·noun the abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
7. home ·adv to one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
8. home ·add. ·noun in various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal.
9. home ·add. ·noun the place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.
10. home ·adj of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
11. home ·noun one's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
12. home ·adv 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.
13. home ·noun 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.
14. home ·noun 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.
15. home ·noun 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.