home - Meaning in Konkani

home - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of home in English

home adjective

1. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

   Example

   • "my home town"
2. used of your own ground

   Example

   • "a home game"
3. inside the country

   Examples

   • "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"
   • "the nation's internal politics"

home abverb

1. on or to the point aimed at

   Example

   • "the arrow struck home"
2. to the fullest extent; to the heart

   Examples

   • "drove his point home"
   • "drove the nail home"
   • "his comments hit home"
3. at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

   Examples

   • "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"
   • "came riding home in style"
   • "don't forget to write home"
   • "He stays home on weekends"
   • "I hope you will come home for Christmas"
   • "I'll be home tomorrow"
   • "I'll take her home"

home noun

1. an environment offering affection and security

   Examples

   • "he grew up in a good Christian home"
   • "home is where the heart is"
   • "there's no place like home"
2. housing that someone is living in

   Examples

   • "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
   • "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
3. place where something began and flourished

   Example

   • "the United States is the home of basketball"
4. where you live at a particular time

   Examples

   • "deliver the package to my home"
   • "he doesn't have a home to go to"
   • "your place or mine?"
5. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
6. the country or state or city where you live

   Examples

   • "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"
   • "his home is New Jersey"
7. a social unit living together

   Examples

   • "he moved his family to Virginia"
   • "I waited until the whole house was asleep"
   • "It was a good Christian household"
   • "the family refused to accept his will"
   • "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
8. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

   Example

   • "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
9. an institution where people are cared for

   Example

   • "a home for the elderly"

home verb

1. return home accurately from a long distance

   Example

   • "homing pigeons"
2. provide with, or send to, a home

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