homer

«homer» in Mova's school dictionary: A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a homer, homers); verb (US, informal: homer, homers, homered); also a name (Homer)

meaning for a pupil

1) (US, baseball, informal) A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way round the bases and score. tree →

2) (a name) Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is said to have composed the «Iliad» and the «Odyssey». tree →

3) (a name) Homer Simpson is the dad in the cartoon «The Simpsons». tree →

4) A homing pigeon. tree →

5) (sport, informal) A referee or decision that seems to favour the home team. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and English lessons, Homer's «Odyssey» tells of the hero Odysseus's long journey home; no one is sure Homer was one real person. In sport talk in the USA and Canada, «hit a homer» means hit a home run. In everyday culture, Homer Simpson says «D'oh!».

examples

• She hit a homer in the last inning! tree →
• Homer told the story of the Trojan War. tree →
• The «Odyssey» is an epic poem by Homer. tree →
• Homer Simpson loves doughnuts. tree →
• That ref is a real homer — every call goes to the home team. tree →
• The homer pigeon flew back to its loft. tree →
• Homer knew the stories and made up the ‘Odyssey’ out of half a dozen of them. tree →

note

Capital H for the names. The baseball sense is informal American. Adjective «Homeric» means to do with Homer or very great and heroic.

In the corpora

• For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
• So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «homer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.