Main Entry: ⁴home

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): homed; hom·ing

Date: 1765

intransitive verb 1 : to go or return home
2 of an animal : to return accurately to one's home or natal area from a distance
3 : to proceed to or toward a source of radiated energy used as a guide <missiles home in on radar>
4 : to proceed or direct attention toward an objective <science is homing in on the mysterious human process — Samuel Glucksberg>transitive verb : to send to or provide with a home