<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.</li><li>Synonyms: domicile, habitation, dwelling, abode.</li><li>The place in which one's domestic affections are centered.</li><li>Synonyms: fireside, hearth.</li><li>An institution for people who lack stable housing, who are sick or infirm, etc.: a nursing home; a home for those with dementia.</li><li>Synonyms: asylum.</li><li>The dwelling place or retreat of an animal.</li><li>The place or region where something is native or most common.</li><li>Any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.</li><li>A person's native place or own country.</li><li>A principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.</li><li>(In games) the destination or goal.</li><li>Baseball: home plate.</li><li>Lacrosse: one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country: home cooking; the rising home demand for gasoline.</li><li>Principal or main: the corporation's home office.</li><li>Reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.</li><li>Sports: played in a ballpark, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team.</li><li>The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>To, toward, or at home: to go home.</li><li>Deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.</li><li>To the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.</li><li>Nautical: into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: We radioed instructions to the crew, and the huge sails were sheeted home.</li><li>In the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home.</li><li>Toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used without object): homed, homing.</li><li>To navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes (often followed by on): This clever defensive technology prevented torpedoes from homing on the U-boat.</li><li>To go or return home: Bees have the ability to learn visual landmarks and use them when foraging and homing.</li><li>To have a home where specified; reside: God now homes in the hearts of His people.</li><li>(Used with object): homed, homing.</li><li>To provide with a home: After being microchipped and fully vaccinated, the puppy was homed with six weeks free insurance.</li><li>Computers: to provide (a computer) with a network connection: Each subscriber must be homed to a node in the network.</li><li>To prepare (a 3D printer) for use by setting the horizontal and vertical limits for positioning the extruder before a printing task: Do not try to do anything with your printer until you home it.</li><li>To provide a display or storage space for; house: The library homes a wide variety of resources for the avid gardener.</li><li>To direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.: The guidance system homed the missile on a target that was radar-illuminated by the launch aircraft.</li><li>To bring or send home.</li><li>Verb phrase (of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.): to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location: The bomb homed in on the bridge.</li><li>To direct one’s attention or energies toward: The committee quickly homed in on the relevant details.</li></ul>