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Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. |
| 2. | showing wear or being worn out. |
| 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. |
—Idiom| 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. |
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Motor Definition–noun | 1. | a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an intern
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| 2. | any self-powered vehicle. |
| 3. | a person or thing that imparts motion, esp. a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery. |
| 4. | Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor. |
| 5. | motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies. |
–adjective | 6. | pertaining to or operated by a motor. |
| 7. | of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight. |
| 8. | designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers. |
| 9. | causing or producing motion. |
| 10. | Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve. |
| 11. | Psychology, Physiology. Also, motoric. of, pertaining to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast. |
–verb (used with object) | 13. | Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school. |
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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
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| 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.
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Price Definition–noun | 1. | the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. |
| 2. | a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head. |
| 3. | the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, esp. in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claimed that every politician has a price. |
| 4. | that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price. |
| 6. | Archaic. value or worth. |
| 7. | Archaic. great value or worth (usually prec. by of). |
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| 9. | to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores. |
—Idioms| 10. | at any price, at any cost, no matter how great: Their orders were to capture the town at any price. |
| 11. | beyond or without price, of incalculable value; priceless: The crown jewels are beyond price. |
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