Thursday, March 10, 2011

home. (80/365)

for PrixMadonna's 365 project The Happy Homemaker:



Noun

  • S: (n) home, place (where you live at a particular time) "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
  • S: (n) dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house (housing that someone is living in) "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
  • S: (n) home (the country or state or city where you live) "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
  • S: (n) home plate, home base, home, plate ((baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score) "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
  • S: (n) base, home (the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end)
  • S: (n) home (place where something began and flourished) "the United States is the home of basketball"
  • S: (n) home (an environment offering affection and security) "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
  • S: (n) family, household, house, home, menage (a social unit living together) "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
  • S: (n) home, nursing home, rest home (an institution where people are cared for) "a home for the elderly"

Verb

  • S: (v) home (provide with, or send to, a home)
  • S: (v) home (return home accurately from a long distance) "homing pigeons"

Adjective

  • S: (adj) home (used of your own ground) "a home game"
  • S: (adj) home (relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are) "my home town"
  • S: (adj) home, interior, internal, national (inside the country) "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

Adverb

  • S: (adv) home (at or to or in the direction of one's home or family) "He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"; "I'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas"; "I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home"
  • S: (adv) home (on or to the point aimed at) "the arrow struck home"
  • S: (adv) home (to the fullest extent; to the heart) "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

Definition of "home" from Princeton's WordNet

3 comments:

  1. Love this! Thank you for collaborating with me, Bethany. I so enjoy your project.

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  2. You are rocking out the March mix-up! Go, Beth!

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