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homing

UK/ˈhəʊmɪŋ/US/ˈhoʊmɪŋ/

homing is the present participle and gerund of home.

Adjective

homing (comparative more homing, superlative most homing)

  1. That self-adjusts its trajectory to home in on a target; (of a weapon) shooting such projectiles.
    • Watch out for the boss's last attack — the blue bullets are homing.
  2. Fitted with a guiding electronic device that allows it to find and hit a target.

Meaning of home

Verb

home (third-person singular simple present homes, present participle homing, simple past and past participle homed)

  1. (intransitive) To return to its owner.
    • The dog homed.

See all 33 meanings of home

Forms of homing

comparativemore homing
superlativemost homing

Words formed from homing

Phrases with homing

Words that rhyme with homing

Questions about homing

What does homing mean?
Homing means that self-adjusts its trajectory to home in on a target; (of a weapon) shooting such projectiles.
What is homing the present participle and gerund of?
Homing is the present participle and gerund of home.
What part of speech is homing?
Homing is an adjective.
How do you pronounce homing?
Homing is pronounced /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/ (US).

Words near homing in the dictionary

  1. homilizing
  2. homily
  3. homina
  4. homination
  5. hominess
  6. homing
  7. homing in
  8. homing pigeon
  9. homing pigeons
  10. hominian
  11. hominians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homing (page history and authors); home (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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