Usually means: Guided return to specific location.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word homing:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. homing: Merriam-Webster
  2. homing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. homing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. homing: Vocabulary.com
  5. Homing, homing: Wordnik
  6. homing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. homing: Wiktionary
  8. homing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. homing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. homing: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Homing, homing: Dictionary.com
  12. Homing (biology), Homing (hematopoietic), Homing (mechanical), Homing (missile guidance), Homing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Homing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. homing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. homing: Rhymezone
  16. Homing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. homing: FreeDictionary.org
  18. homing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. homing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. homing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homing: Legal dictionary

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  1. homing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homing: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homing: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homing: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas.
▸ noun:  the phenomenon whereby cells migrate to the organ of their origin.
▸ noun:  (foaled 1975) a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.


Opposite:
roaming, wandering, drifting, nomadic

Types:
pigeon, dove, seagull, sparrow, crow, starling, blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, more...

Phrases:
homing pigeons, homing pigeon, homing instinct, homing device, homing torpedo, more...

Adjectives:
active, specific, lymphocyte, multi, dual, terminal, passive, cell, semiactive, selective, acoustic

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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Opposite:
roaming, wandering, drifting, nomadic

Types:
pigeon, dove, seagull, sparrow, crow, starling, blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, more...

Phrases:
homing pigeons, homing pigeon, homing instinct, homing device, homing torpedo, homing devices, homing guidance, acoustic homing, Infrared homing, homing instincts, passive homing, homing in on, more...

Adjectives:
active, specific, lymphocyte, multi, dual, terminal, passive, cell, semiactive, selective, acoustic

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     maroon, more...




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