Abode vs. Home

(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.

Example: ‘of no fixed abode’;

(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.

abide

To bode; to foreshow; to presage.

To be ominous.

pret. of Abide.

Act of waiting; delay.

Example: ‘And with her fled away without abode.’;

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

Example: ‘He waxeth at your abode here.’;

Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.

Example: ‘Come, let me lead you to our poor abode.’;

An omen.

Example: ‘High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes.’;

To bode; to foreshow.

To be ominous.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily;

Example: ‘a person can have several residences’;

housing that someone is living in;

Example: ‘he built a modest dwelling near the pond’; ‘they raise money to provide homes for the homeless’;

(heading) A dwelling.

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.

The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.

Example: ‘It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home’;

A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

Example: ‘a home for outcasts’; ‘a home for the blind’; ‘a veterans' home’;

(by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

Example: ‘the home of the pine’;

(heading) A focus point.

(board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.

Example: ‘The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home.’;

(baseball) Home plate.

(lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.

(Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.

clipping of home directory

To seek or aim for something.

Example: ‘The missile was able to home in on the target.’;

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 home

to one's place of residence or one's customary or official location

to one's place of birth

to the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length

Example: ‘to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home’;

(internet) to the home page

Example: ‘Click here to go home.’;

in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home

Example: ‘Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.’;

; closely; to the center; deep

into the goal

(nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position

Example: ‘Sails sheeted 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.

Example: ‘The disciples went away again to their own home.’; ‘Home is the sacred refuge of our life.’; ‘Home! home! sweet, sweet home!There's no place like home.’;

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.

Example: ‘He entered in his house - his home no more,For without hearts there is no home.’;

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.

Example: ‘Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.’; ‘Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.’;

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.

Example: ‘Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.’;

The home base; as, 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.

In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

Close; closely.

Example: ‘How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.’; ‘They come home to men's business and bosoms.’;

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.

Example: ‘Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home.’;

To return home.

To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; - of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.

To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.

where you live at a particular time;

Example: ‘deliver the package to my home’; ‘he doesn't have a home to go to’; ‘your place or mine?’;

housing that someone is living in;

Example: ‘he built a modest dwelling near the pond’; ‘they raise money to provide homes for the homeless’;

the country or state or city where you live;

Example: ‘Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home’; ‘his home is New Jersey’;

an environment offering affection and security;

Example: ‘home is where the heart is’; ‘he grew up in a good Christian home’; ‘there's no place like home’;

an institution where people are cared for;

Example: ‘a home for the elderly’;

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

a social unit living together;

Example: ‘he moved his family to Virginia’; ‘It was a good Christian household’; ‘I waited until the whole house was asleep’; ‘the teacher asked how many people made up his home’;

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

Example: ‘he ruled that the runner failed to touch home’;

place where something began and flourished;

Example: ‘the United States is the home of basketball’;

provide with, or send to, a home

return home accurately from a long distance;

Example: ‘homing pigeons’;

used of your own ground;

Example: ‘a home game’;

relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are;

Example: ‘my home town’;

inside the country;

Example: ‘the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior’; ‘the nation's internal politics’;

at or to or in the direction of one's home or family;

Example: ‘He stays home on weekends’; ‘after the game the children brought friends home for supper’; ‘I'll be home tomorrow’; ‘came riding home in style’; ‘I hope you will come home for Christmas’; ‘I'll take her home’; ‘don't forget to write home’;

on or to the point aimed at;

Example: ‘the arrow struck home’;

to the fullest extent; to the heart;

Example: ‘drove the nail home’; ‘drove his point home’; ‘his comments hit home’;

the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household

Example: ‘the floods forced many people to flee their homes’; ‘I was nineteen when I left home and went to college’;

the family or social unit occupying a permanent residence

Example: ‘he came from a good home’;

a house or flat considered as a commercial property

Example: ‘low-cost homes for first-time buyers’; ‘the growth in home ownership’;

the district or country where one was born or has settled on a long-term basis

Example: ‘they have made Provence their home’;

a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates

Example: ‘Montana is home to a surprising number of rare mammals’;

a place where an object is kept.

an institution for people needing professional care or supervision

Example: ‘an old people's home’;

the finishing point in a race

Example: ‘he was four fences from home’;

(in games) the place where a player is free from attack.

(in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents' goal.

short for home plate

a match played or won by a team on their own ground.

relating to the place where one lives

Example: ‘I don't have your home address’;

made, done, or intended for use in the home

Example: ‘a home computer’; ‘traditional home cooking’;

relating to one's own country

Example: ‘we need to stimulate demand within the UK home market’;

(of a sports fixture) played at the team's own ground

Example: ‘a home win’; ‘their first home match of the season’;

relating to or denoting a sports team that is playing at its own ground

Example: ‘the home side’; ‘home fans’;

denoting the administrative centre of an organization

Example: ‘the company has moved its home office’;

to or at the place where one lives

Example: ‘what time did he get home last night?’;

to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult

Example: ‘the favourite romped home six lengths clear’;

to the intended or correct position

Example: ‘he slid the bolt home noisily’;

(of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it

Example: ‘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

Example: ‘pigeons who do not home will win no prizes’;

move or be aimed towards (a target or destination) with great accuracy

Example: ‘more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions’;

focus attention on

Example: ‘a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil’;

provide (an animal) with a home as a pet

Example: ‘each year thousands of cats which could have been homed are being needlessly put down’;

A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, group or family. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it.