–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 o 55c r 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.

10.	Baseball. home plate.

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: h 402 ome 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.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to go or return home.

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) < ed2 td class="dnindex">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.

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.

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.

–noun

1.	a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn.

2.	a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor.

3.	anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time.

4.	an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job.

5.	the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job.

6.	the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job.

7.	the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job.

8.	Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job.

9.	a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain.

10.	Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned.

11.	Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs.

–verb (used without object)

12.	to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece.

13.	to do business as a jobber.

14.	to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits.

16.	to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana.

17.	to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office.

18.	to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property.

19.	to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain.

–adjective

20.	of or for a particular job or transaction.

21.	bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities.

—Idioms

22.	do a job on, Slang. a. to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. b. to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow.

23.	on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed.