|
Traditional English :: homey
|
 |
homeyness.html - adj. (also homy) (homier, homiest) suggesting home; cosy. homeyness n. (also hominess). |
|
|
English Idioms :: home
|
 |
homeyness.html - See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME, NOBODY HOME, WRITE HOME ABOUT. |
|
|
English Idioms :: home brew
|
 |
homeyness.html - {n. phr.} A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. * /Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition./ |
|
|
English Idioms :: home in on
|
 |
homeyness.html - {v.} To move toward a certain place by following a signal or marker. * /The airplane homed in on the radio beacon./ * /The ship homed on the lights of New York harbor./ |
|
|
English Idioms :: home plate
|
 |
homeyness.html - {n.} The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score. * /The runner slid across home plate ahead of the tag to score a run./ |
|
|
English Idioms :: home run
|
 |
homeyness.html - {n.} A hit in baseball that allows the batter to run around all the bases and score a run. * /Frank hit a home run over the left field wall in the second inning./ |
|