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home (iou)



home verb. E17.
[from HOME noun, HOME adverb.]
verb intrans. Nautical. Foll. by in: = tumble home (see TUMBLE verb). Only in E17.
verb intrans. Go home. Chiefly, of an animal: return by instinct to its territory after leaving it or being removed from it; (of a carrier pigeon) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point. M18.
b. verb trans. Train (a pigeon) to fly home. E20.
verb trans. Provide (esp. a pet) with a home. E19.
Maidenhead Advertiser If we have a dog that has, perhaps, turned on a child, then we home it where there are no children.
verb intrans. Have one's home, dwell. poet. M19.
verb intrans. (Of an aircraft, missile, etc.) be guided (in) by a landmark, radio beam, etc.; fig. direct one's attention, seek out. Foll. by on, on to, etc., the destination, target, object of attention, etc. E20.
homing device an automatic device for guiding an aircraft, missile, etc.
Daily Telegraph The other helicopter located the dinghy by homing in on..the emergency distress [call]. New Scientist Mexico's Professor S. F. Beltran homed in on education as a critical need.