"the floods forced many people to flee their homes"

• the family or social unit occupying a permanent residence

  "he came from a good home"

• a house or flat considered as a commercial property

  "low-cost homes for first-time buyers"

• the district or country where one was born or has settled on a long-term basis

  "they have made Provence their home"

• a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates

  "Montana is home to a surprising number of rare mammals"

• a place where an object is kept

"an old people's home"

"he was four fences from home"

• (in games) the place where a player is free from attack
• (in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents' goal
• a match played or won by a team on their own ground

"a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds"

• (of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point

  "pigeons who do not home will win no prizes"

"more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions"

• focus attention on

  "a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil"

"each year thousands of cats which could have been homed are being needlessly put down"