Home Definition–noun | 1. | a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household. | | 2. | the place in which one's domestic affections are centered. | | 3. | an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home. | | 4. | the dwelling place or retreat of an animal. | | 5. | the place or region where something is native or most common. | | 6. | any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home. | | 7. | a person's native place or own country. | | 8. | (in games) the destination or goal. | | 9. | a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team. | | 11. | Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal. | –adjective | 12. | of, pertaining to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products. | | 13. | principal or main: the corporation's home office. | | 14. | reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust. | | 15. | Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def. 11). | –adverb | 16. | to, toward, or at home: to go home. | | 17. | deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home. | | 18. | to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home. | | 19. | Nautical. | a. | into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home. | | b. | in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. | | c. | toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home. | | –verb (used without object) | 20. | to go or return home. | | 21. | (of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, esp. under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often fol. by in on): The missile homed in on the target. | | 22. | to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes. | | 23. | to have a home whe
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Decorating Definition–verb (used with object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing. | 1. | to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish: to decorate walls with murals. <
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Idea Definition–noun | 1. | any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. | | 2. | a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea. | | 3. | an impression: He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department. | | 4. | an opinion, view, or belief: His ideas on raising children are certainly strange. | | 5. | a plan of action; an intention: the idea of becoming an engineer. | | 6. | a groundless supposition; fantasy. | | 7. | Philosophy. | a. | a concept developed by the mind. | | b. | a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal. | | c. | (initial capital letter ) Platonism. Also called form. an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being. | | | 8. | Music. a theme, phrase, or figure. | |
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