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homered | homebred |

As a verb homered

is past tense of homer.

As an adjective homebred is

homeborn, raised in the home.

homered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (homer)
  • Anagrams

    *

    homer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten s, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
  • * 1611, ,
  • The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer', and the ephah the tenth part of an '''homer''': the measure thereof shall be after the ' homer .
  • * 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses ,
  • Head up! For every newbegotten thou shalt gather thy homer of ripe wheat.

    Etymology 2

    From home.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) A four-base hit; a home run
  • The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
  • A homing pigeon
  • Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
  • (sports) A person who is extremely devoted to his favorite team.
  • Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) To get a four-base hit; to get a home run.
  • The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.
    Synonyms
    * to jack

    See also

    * single * double * triple

    homebred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • homeborn, raised in the home