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Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from the root. .

Germanic cognates: see. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬 (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) A dwelling.
 * 2) One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
 * 3) The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
 * 4) The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
 * 5) A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
 * 6) A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
 * Instead of a pet store, get your new dog from the local dogs’ home.
 * 1)  The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
 * 2) * 1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Ecclesiastes 12:5:
 * because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
 * 1)  Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
 * 2) One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
 * 3) * 1980,, song, :
 * I've been to cities that never close down / From New York to Rio and old London town / But no matter how far or how wide I roam / I still call Australia home.
 * 1) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
 * 2) * 1706,, An Ode, Humbly Inscribed to the Queen, on the ẛucceẛs of Her Majeẛty's Arms, 1706, as republished in 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets:
 * Flandria, by plenty made the home of war, / Shall weep her crime, and bow to Charles r'estor'd,
 * 1) A focus point.
 * 2)  The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
 * 3)  Home plate.
 * 4)  The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
 * 5)  The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
 * 6)  The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
 * 1) One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
 * 2) * 1980,, song, :
 * I've been to cities that never close down / From New York to Rio and old London town / But no matter how far or how wide I roam / I still call Australia home.
 * 1) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
 * 2) * 1706,, An Ode, Humbly Inscribed to the Queen, on the ẛucceẛs of Her Majeẛty's Arms, 1706, as republished in 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets:
 * Flandria, by plenty made the home of war, / Shall weep her crime, and bow to Charles r'estor'd,
 * 1) A focus point.
 * 2)  The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
 * 3)  Home plate.
 * 4)  The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
 * 5)  The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
 * 6)  The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
 * 1) A focus point.
 * 2)  The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
 * 3)  Home plate.
 * 4)  The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
 * 5)  The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
 * 6)  The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
 * 1)  The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.

Verb

 * 1)  To return to its owner.
 * The dog homed.
 * 1)  To seek or aim for something.
 * The missile was able to home in on the target.

Adjective

 * Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign.
 * 1)  That strikes home; direct, pointed.
 * 2)  Personal, intimate.
 * 3)  Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
 * 1)  Personal, intimate.
 * 2)  Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
 * 1)  Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).

Adverb

 * 1) To one's home.
 * 2) To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location.
 * 3) To one's place of birth.
 * 4) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
 * 5)  To the home page.
 * 6) At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
 * 7) * 1975-1976, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I'm certainly not the type to sit home waiting up for hubbie every night.
 * 1) To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
 * 2) * 1625,, dedication to the Duke of Buckingham, in Essays Civil and Moral,
 * I do now publish my Essays; which of all my other works have been most current : for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms.
 * 1)  into the goal
 * 2) * 2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
 * Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.
 * 1)  into the right, proper or stowed position
 * 1) At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
 * 2) * 1975-1976, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I'm certainly not the type to sit home waiting up for hubbie every night.
 * 1) To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
 * 2) * 1625,, dedication to the Duke of Buckingham, in Essays Civil and Moral,
 * I do now publish my Essays; which of all my other works have been most current : for that, as it seems, they come home to men's business and bosoms.
 * 1)  into the goal
 * 2) * 2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
 * Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.
 * 1)  into the right, proper or stowed position
 * 1)  into the goal
 * 2) * 2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
 * Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.
 * 1)  into the right, proper or stowed position

Usage notes

 * is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) person
 * 3) husband
 * 1) husband

Etymology
~, from.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Antonyms




Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) humanly; in a human fashion

Etymology
From, from earlier *šomeš, borrowed from or earlier Pre-Germanic. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mildew, mold

Etymology
From, , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) human; person
 * 2) mankind
 * 3) man
 * 4) male human
 * 5) husband
 * 1) male human
 * 2) husband
 * 1) husband
 * 1) husband

Interjection

 * 1) man!

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mould

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   initial position of various computing objects

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man

Etymology
From, denasalized variant of.

Noun

 * 1) man

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Alternative forms

 * see for alternative nominative singular forms



Etymology
From, , accusative singular of. The nominative form, , , derives from the Latin nominative.

Noun

 * 1) man (male adult human being)
 * 2) man (mankind; Homo sapiens)
 * 3) vassal; manservant
 * 1) vassal; manservant

Etymology
Denasalization of.