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. |
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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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Interior Definition–adjective | 1. | being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to that which is within; inside: an interior view. |
| 3. | situated well inland from the coast or border: the interior towns of a country. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to the inland. |
| 5. | domestic: interior trade. |
| 6. | private or hidden; inner: interior negotiations of the council. |
| 7. | pertaining to the mind or soul; mental or spiritual: the interior life. |
–noun | 8. | the internal or inner part; inside. |
| 9. | Architecture. | a. | the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect, convenience, etc. |
| b. | a single room or apartment so considered. |
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| 10. | a pictorial representation of the inside of a room. |
| 11. | the inland parts of a region, country, etc.: the Alaskan interior. |
| 12. | the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs: the Department of the Interior. |
| 13. | the inner or inward nature or character of anything. |
| 14. | Mathematics. the largest open set contained in a given set, as the points in a circle not including the boundary. |
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Design Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge. |
| 2. | to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully. |
| 3. | to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students. |
| 4. | to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape. |
| 5. | to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor. |
| 6. | Obsolete. to mark out, as by a sign; indicate. |
–verb (used without object) | 7. | to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans. |
| 8. | to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc. |
–noun | 9. | an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed. |
| 10. | organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition. |
| 11. | the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet. |
| 12. | the art of designing: a school of design. |
| 13. | a plan or project: a design for a new process. |
| 14. | a plot or intrigue, esp. an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him. |
| 15. | designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock. |
| 16. | intention; purpose; end. |
| 17. | adaptation of means to a preconceived end. |
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