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 t
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o, 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
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–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.
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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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Company Definition–noun | 1. | a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. |
| 2. | a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. |
| 3. | an assemblage of persons for social purposes. |
| 4. | companionship; fellowship; association: I
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| 5. | one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. |
| 7. | a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company. |
| 8. | (initial capital letter ) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: Geor
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| 9. | Military. | a. | the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. |
| b. | any relatively small group of soldiers. |
| c. | Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions. |
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| 10. | a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. |
| 12. | a medieval trade guild. |
| 13. | the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. |
–verb (used without object) | 14. | Archaic. to associate. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | Archaic. to accompany. |
—Idioms| 16. | keep company, | a. | to associate with; be a friend of. |
| b. | Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer. |
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| 17. | part company, | a. | to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. |
| b. | to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. |
| c. | to separate: We parted company at the airport. |
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