From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Home \Home\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
[1913 Webster]
2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
progress; goal; as:
(a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
as {home base} and {home plate}.
(b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
opponent's goal; also, the player.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Home base} or {Home plate} (Baseball), the base at which the
batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
be reached in scoring a run.
{Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
adjacent to the residence of the owner.
{Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
stands. [U. S.]
{Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
means of a governing power vested in the people within the
country itself, in contradistinction to a government
established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
Parliament.
{Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule.
{Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between
the last curve and the winning post.
{Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
attack.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grounds
n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer
is very compelling" [syn: {evidence}, {grounds}]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: {yard}, {grounds},
{curtilage}]
3: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation
or burial etc.)
4: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: {cause}, {reason}, {grounds}]
5: dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee)
that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read
your future in your coffee grounds"
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