Home
See Homelyn.
One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.
One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.
A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
The home base; he started for home.
Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
Close; closely.
To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.
In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal
The plate at which the batter stands.
The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.
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Home Quotations
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
Mother Teresa
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Winston Churchill
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
Muhammad Ali
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Confucius
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Benjamin Franklin
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Maya Angelou
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
Maya Angelou
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald Reagan
We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald Reagan
Home Translations
home in Afrikaans is huis toe
home in Danish is hjem
home in Dutch is huiswaarts, naar huis
home in Finnish is koti
home in French is patrie, hospice
home in German is Zuhause, HOME, Haus, Eigenheim
home in Italian is ospizio, patria, nazionale
home in Latin is domus
home in Norwegian is hjem, hus
home in Spanish is vernaculo, asilo
home in Swedish is hem
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