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. |
<
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| 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 greates
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| b. | in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. |
| c. | toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home. |
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| 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 where specified; reside. |
–verb (used with object) | 24. | to bring or send home. |
| 25. | to provide with a home. |
| 26. | to direct, esp. under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc. |
—Idioms| 27. | at home, | a. | in one's own house or place of residence. |
| b. | in one's own town or country. |
| c. | prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her. |
| d. | in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home. |
| e. | well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics. |
| f. | played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away. |
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| 28. | bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her. |
| 29. | home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal. |
| 30. | home free, | a. | assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free. |
| b. | certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free. |
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| 31. | write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about. |
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From Dictionary
Grant Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to bestow or confer, esp. by a formal act: to grant a charter. |
| 2. | to give or accord: to grant permission. |
| 3. | to agree or accede to: to grant a request. |
| 4. | to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point. |
| 5. | to transfer or convey, esp. by deed or writing: to grant property. |
–noun | 6. | something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project. |
| 8. | Law. a transfer of property. |
| 9. | a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a
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—Idiom| 10. | take for granted, | a. | to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted. |
| b. | to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted. |
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