📖 H — The English dictionary · page 28

homely — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Australia) Homely means simple, warm and comfortable, like a cosy home.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US, Canada) Homely means plain and not good-looking.↗ Example: The cottage had a homely feel with its fire and soft chairs.↗ · Grandma cooks homely food like stew and pie.↗ · The guest house was small and homely.↗ · In the story, the homely farm girl turned out to be brave.↗ · We love the homely smell of baking bread.↗ · The hotel was not grand, but very homely.↗ · A cradle is such a nice homely thing to have about a house.”↗

homemade — Everyday, meaning 1: Homemade means made at home, not bought from a shop or factory.↗ Example: Grandma's homemade apple pie is the best.↗ · We sold homemade lemonade at the fair.↗ · I made a homemade card for Mum's birthday.↗ · His homemade costume won first prize.↗ · Homemade bread smells wonderful.↗ · They built a homemade raft.↗ · Never try homemade fireworks.↗ · Is this jam homemade or from the shop?↗

homemaker — Everyday, meaning 1: A person, man or woman, whose main work is looking after their home and family, such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children, instead of a paid job.↗ Example: My dad is a homemaker and cooks all our meals.↗ · She was a homemaker while the children were small.↗ · Homemakers do a lot of work without pay.↗ · The form asked if he was employed or a homemaker.↗ · Being a homemaker is a full-time job.↗ · Grandma was a homemaker and also grew vegetables.↗

homeopathic — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with homeopathy, a kind of alternative treatment invented about 200 years ago, using tiny sugar pills or drops made from substances diluted so much in water that usually none of the original substance is left.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A very, very tiny amount, as in «a homeopathic amount of chocolate».↗ Example: The shop sold homeopathic pills for colds.↗ · Scientists have tested homeopathic remedies and found they work no better than sugar pills.↗ · Some people believe homeopathic treatments help them.↗ · There was only a homeopathic amount of jam in that sandwich!↗ · Always ask a doctor before trying any treatment.↗

homer — Everyday, meaning 1: (US, baseball, informal) A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way round the bases and score.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is said to have composed the «Iliad» and the «Odyssey».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Homer Simpson is the dad in the cartoon «The Simpsons».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A homing pigeon.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (sport, informal) A referee or decision that seems to favour the home team.↗ Example: She hit a homer in the last inning!↗ · Homer told the story of the Trojan War.↗ · The «Odyssey» is an epic poem by Homer.↗ · Homer Simpson loves doughnuts.↗ · That ref is a real homer — every call goes to the home team.↗ · The homer pigeon flew back to its loft.↗ · Homer knew the stories and made up the ‘Odyssey’ out of half a dozen of them.↗ · For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.↗ (Prophets ISA.5.10, JPS 1917)↗ · So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; (Prophets HOS.3.2, JPS 1917)↗ · and the set portion of oil, the bath of oil, shall be the tithe of the bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; for ten baths are a homer; (Prophets EZK.45.14, JPS 1917)↗

homeric — Everyday, meaning 1: Homeric means of or like Homer, the ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Homeric means grand, heroic or huge, like the great battles and long journeys in those old poems.↗ Example: The Highland version of the tale is as fine as the Homeric one.↗ · In the Homeric age, people believed in a sad life after death.↗ · Our class read a Homeric tale about a brave hero.↗ · The storm lasted a Homeric three days.↗

homesick — Everyday, meaning 1: Sad and missing your home and family when you are away from them.↗ Example: I felt homesick on the first night of camp.↗ · Lots of children get homesick at sleepovers.↗ · Writing a letter home helped her feel less homesick.↗ · The new boy from Ireland was homesick at first.↗ · Being homesick means you love your home.↗ · It's okay to tell a teacher if you feel homesick.↗ · At last she discovered that she was homesick, so she went to Mother Holle and said:↗

homesickness — Everyday, meaning 1: Homesickness is the sad feeling of missing your home and family when you are away from them.↗ Example: On the first night at camp, I felt homesickness.↗ · Homesickness is normal when you go somewhere new.↗ · Writing letters helped her homesickness.↗ · He felt a wave of homesickness when he heard his mum's voice.↗ · Keeping busy can ease homesickness.↗ · The new student's homesickness faded after a week.↗

homestead — Everyday, meaning 1: A homestead is a house with its farm buildings and land, where a family lives.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) In America, a homestead was a piece of land given to a settler to farm and live on.↗ Example: The family built a large homestead by the river.↗ · They walked back to the homestead before dark.↗ · A tall fence ran round the homestead.↗ · Our homestead had a barn, a well and three fields.↗ · The farmer's wife fed the hens around the homestead.↗

homeward — Everyday, meaning 1: Towards home, as in «We walked homeward».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Going towards home, as in «the homeward journey».↗ Example: After the match, we started our homeward journey.↗ · The tired walkers turned homeward as it got dark.↗ · Birds fly homeward in spring.↗ · The ship was homeward bound.↗ · The homeward trip took longer because of traffic.↗ · We walked homewards across the fields.↗ · We wandered silently homeward across the mountains.↗

homework — Everyday, meaning 1: Homework is school work that a pupil does at home.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Doing your homework can mean preparing well before something: «She did her homework before buying a bike».↗ Example: Rachel had 5 pages of math homework.↗ · She had 2 more pages of reading homework.↗ · How many pages of homework did she have in all?↗ · Each page has 4 problems.↗ · I do my homework before dinner.↗ · Please hand in your homework on Monday.↗ · The dog ate my homework!↗ · We have spelling homework every week.↗

homo — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Homo, the genus (group) that includes humans and our extinct close relatives; our species is Homo sapiens, Latin for «wise human».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (prefix) homo- means «same», as in homophone (same sound), homogeneous (all the same kind).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (offensive) An old insulting word for a gay person; it is a hurtful slur and should not be used.↗ Example: We are Homo sapiens, which means «wise human».↗ · Homo erectus used fire and stone tools.↗ · Neanderthals belong to the genus Homo too.↗ · «Homophone» means two words with the same sound.↗ · A homogeneous mixture looks the same all the way through.↗ · The teacher explained that using «homo» as an insult is hurtful and not allowed.↗

homogeneous — Everyday, meaning 1: Homogeneous means the same all the way through, with every part alike.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A homogeneous group is made of people or things that are all of the same kind.↗ Example: Salt water is a homogeneous mixture.↗ · Stir the paint until it is homogeneous.↗ · A fruit salad is not homogeneous; you can see the pieces.↗ · The class was not homogeneous: there were children from twelve countries.↗ · Air is a homogeneous mixture of gases.↗ · Mix the batter until it is smooth and homogeneous.↗

homogenised — Everyday, meaning 1: Homogenised milk has been treated so the cream is broken into tiny drops and mixed through, so it does not rise to the top.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Homogenised means made all the same or mixed evenly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (disapproving) Homogenised can mean dull, with all the interesting differences taken away.↗ Example: Most milk in the supermarket is homogenised.↗ · Homogenised milk has no layer of cream on top.↗ · The machine homogenised the mixture.↗ · Some people say pop music has become homogenised.↗ · Every town centre looks homogenised with the same chain shops.↗ · Grandma remembers milk before it was homogenised, with cream on top.↗

homophone — Everyday, meaning 1: A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different spelling, like «there», «their» and «they're».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Two or more such words are called homophones of each other.↗ Example: «Sea» and «see» are homophones.↗ · «Two», «too» and «to» are a group of homophones.↗ · I wrote «their» instead of «there» — a homophone mistake.↗ · The joke works because «knight» and «night» are homophones.↗ · Circle the correct homophone: The (bare/bear) ate the honey.↗ · Can you think of a homophone for «flour»?↗ · Spell checkers often miss homophone mistakes.↗

homophonous — Everyday, meaning 1: Homophonous words sound exactly the same but have different meanings, and often different spellings, like «pair» and «pear».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (music, rare) Homophonous music has one main tune with the other parts moving along with it as chords.↗ Example: «Pair» and «pear» are homophonous.↗ · «Knight» is homophonous with «night», so the joke works when you say it aloud.↗ · Our spelling list this week is full of homophonous words.↗ · Many jokes and puns depend on homophonous words.↗ · «Their», «there» and «they're» are homophonous, so check which one you mean.↗ · A spell checker cannot spot a homophonous slip like «I one the race».↗ · In some accents «caught» and «court» are homophonous, in others they are not.↗

homophony — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Homophony is when different words or letters sound the same, or nearly the same.↗

honduran — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Honduras, a country in Central America.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person from Honduras.↗ Example: Copán is an ancient Maya city in Honduras.↗ · Honduran coffee is grown in the mountains.↗ · Our new classmate is Honduran and speaks Spanish.↗ · The Honduran flag has five blue stars.↗ · Many Hondurans live in the United States.↗ · Divers love the Honduran reefs in the Caribbean.↗

honest — Everyday, meaning 1: Honest means telling the truth and not lying, cheating or stealing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An honest answer or opinion is true and sincere.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An honest mistake is a mistake made without meaning to trick anyone.↗ Example: Always be honest with your parents.↗ · She gave an honest answer.↗ · To be honest, I didn't like the film.↗ · It was an honest mistake.↗ · The honest boy handed in the wallet he found.↗ · Be honest — did you eat the last biscuit?↗ · Honest people don't cheat at games.↗ · I'm being honest: I didn't break it.↗ · "I am looking for an honest man," answered Diogenes.↗

honestly — Everyday, meaning 1: Honestly means in an honest way, without lying, cheating or stealing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Honestly is said to show you are telling the truth or giving your real opinion: «Honestly, I didn't take it.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Honestly can show you are annoyed or surprised: «Oh, honestly!».↗ Example: Please answer honestly.↗ · Honestly, I didn't eat the last biscuit.↗ · He played the game honestly.↗ · I honestly don't know where it is.↗ · She honestly told the teacher she had forgotten her homework.↗ · "Oh, honestly!↗ Who left the door open?"↗ · Honestly, it's the best book I've read.↗ · You can talk to me honestly about anything.↗ · The old debt was honestly paid, and the king got his bond back again.↗

honesty — Everyday, meaning 1: Honesty is being honest: telling the truth, not cheating and not stealing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Honesty is also being open about your feelings and mistakes.↗ Example: Honesty is the best policy.↗ · I admire her honesty about the broken vase.↗ · Our school values are honesty, kindness and respect.↗ · Thank you for your honesty.↗ · Honesty helps friends trust each other.↗ · In all honesty, I didn't like the film much.↗ · The shop has an honesty box for paying for eggs.↗ · Honesty means not taking things that aren't yours.↗ · Mercury was greatly pleased with the Woodman's honesty.↗

honey — Everyday, meaning 1: Honey is a sweet, thick, golden food made by bees from the nectar of flowers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Honey» is also a loving name for someone, like «dear» or «sweetie».↗ Example: A jar holds 500 g of honey.↗ · The bees made 12 kg of honey.↗ · She uses 2 spoons of honey.↗ · How many jars of honey can be filled?↗ · Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers.↗ · I like honey on my toast.↗ · Winnie-the-Pooh loves honey.↗ · Come here, honey, it's time for bed.↗ · The beekeeper took the honeycomb from the hive.↗ · a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.↗ (Torah DEU.26.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.↗ (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917)↗ · He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.↗ (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.↗ (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917)↗ · How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!↗ (Writings PSA.119.103, JPS 1917)↗

honeybee — Everyday, meaning 1: A bee that lives in a large group called a colony and makes honey and wax.↗ Example: Honeybees make honey from nectar.↗ · The honeybee buzzed from flower to flower.↗ · A hive can hold thousands of honeybees.↗ · Honeybees help apples and berries grow.↗ · Stay calm if a honeybee lands on you.↗ · The queen honeybee lays the eggs.↗