ماهي معاني الكلمة الانجليزية home وكيف تستعمل في الجمل

Ahmad

السبت، 4 أغسطس 2012

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home

noun /hōm/ 
homes, plural

The place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household
• - I was nineteen when I left home and went to college
• - they have made Provence their home
The family or social unit occupying such a place
• - he came from a good home and was well educated
A house or an apartment considered as a commercial property
• - low-cost homes for first-time buyers
A place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates
• - Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines
A place where an object is kept


An institution for people needing professional care or supervision
• - an old people's home
The goal or end point


The place where a player is free from attack


(in lacrosse) Each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents's goal


A game played or won by a team on their own ground

adjective /hōm/ 

Of or relating to the place where one lives
• - I don't have your home address
Made, done, or intended for use in the place where one lives
• - traditional home cooking
Relating to one's own country and its domestic affairs
• - Japanese competitors are selling cars for lower prices in the U.S. than in their home market
(of a sports team or player) Belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place
• - the home team
Played on or connected with a team's own ground
• - their first home game of the season
Denoting the administrative center of an organization
• - the company has moved its home office

adverb /hōm/ 

To the place where one lives
• - what time did he get home last night?
In or at the place where one lives
• - I stayed home with the kids
To the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult
• - the favorite romped home six lengths clear
To or toward home plate


To the intended or correct position
• - he drove the bolt home noisily

verb /hōm/ 
homed, past participle; homed, past tense; homes, 3rd person singular present; homing, present participle

(of an animal) Return by instinct to its territory after leaving it
• - a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds
(of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) Fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point


Move or be aimed toward (a target or destination) with great accuracy
• - more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions
Focus attention on
• - a teaching style that homes in on what is of central importance for each student