Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: home, home_base, home_plate, nursing_home, rest_home

'home'

[home.n.01] as in: where you live at a particular time

Examples:
deliver the package to my home
he doesn't have a home to go to
your place or mine?

'home'

[dwelling.n.01] as in: housing that someone is living in

Examples:
he built a modest dwelling near the pond
they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

'home'

[home.n.03] as in: the country or state or city where you live

Examples:
Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
his home is New Jersey

'home'

[home_plate.n.01] as in: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Examples:
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

'home'

[base.n.14] as in: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

'home'

[home.n.06] as in: place where something began and flourished

Examples:
the United States is the home of basketball

'home'

[home.n.07] as in: an environment offering affection and security

Examples:
home is where the heart is
he grew up in a good Christian home
there's no place like home

'home'

[family.n.01] as in: a social unit living together

Examples:
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

'home'

[home.n.09] as in: an institution where people are cared for

Examples:
a home for the elderly

'home'

[home.v.01] as in: provide with, or send to, a home

'home'

[home.v.02] as in: return home accurately from a long distance

Examples:
homing pigeons

'home'

[home.a.01] as in: used of your own ground

Examples:
a home game

'home'

[home.a.02] as in: relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

Examples:
my home town

'home'

[home.s.01] as in: inside the country

Examples:
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
the nation's internal politics

'home'

[home.r.01] as in: at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

Examples:
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

'home'

[home.r.02] as in: on or to the point aimed at

Examples:
the arrow struck home

'home'

[home.r.03] as in: to the fullest extent; to the heart

Examples:
drove the nail home
drove his point home
his comments hit home

Origins

					home (English)
└── home (Middle English (1100-1500))