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homing
[hoh-ming]
adjective
capable of returning home, usually over a great distance.
We saw the homing birds at dusk.
guiding or directing homeward or to a destination, especially by mechanical means.
the homing instinct; a homing beacon.
homing
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
noun
zoology relating to the ability to return home after travelling great distances
homing instinct
(of an aircraft, a missile, etc) capable of guiding itself onto a target or to a specified point
Example Sentences
One issue the neighbourhood teams are homing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.
He said he’s lived on this street so long he wouldn’t know where else to go; he’d be like a homing pigeon, throw him in the sky and he’d wheel back.
Yet a growing number of cities around the world are increasingly homing in on ways to strengthen their night-time economy.
The team has engineered platelet-like particles capable of traveling through the bloodstream and then homing to the site of tissue damage, where they augment the clotting process and then support subsequent wound healing.
At last, the bell rang and the students flew out of the door like a flock of homing pigeons in a movie Ms. Mac showed us.
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