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homer

[ UK /hˈə‍ʊmɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊmɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. pigeon trained to return home
  2. a base hit on which the batter scores a run
  3. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
VERB
  1. hit a home run

How To Use homer In A Sentence

  • ‘She'll be fun to deal with,’ she muttered to herself as the warning bell rang, announcing to students that they should begin to head to their homerooms.
  • For a split-second I thought he might have a shot at an inside-the-park homer, though a strong throw probably would have nailed him.
  • As in Homer, after further tribulation, he will eventually reach Ithaca, kill Penelope's suitors, and live with wife and son until a peaceful death in old age.
  • Martin accuses the English translators of interpreting such words in their "etymological" sense, and consulting profane writers, Homer, Early Theories of Translation
  • reading of Homer and other texts, they rely heavily on Heidegger's concept of "attunement, NYT > Home Page
  • The poems of Homer have the most perfect metre, the hexameter, which is also called heroic. Essays and Miscellanies
  • Lisa accurately predicts the winners of sporting events that Homer gambles on so she can be closer to her father.
  • Addressing her fifth and last difficulty, Homer's diction, Dacier's tone, vocabulary, and attitude instantly change.
  • In his aspect there was a certain dryness, and, altogether, his vivacity, his ceaselessness, and a kind of equability of tone in his voice, reminded me of what Homer says concerning the old men around Priam, above the gate of Troy, how they "chirped like cicalas on a summer day. Adventures Among Books
  • Thus an Elizabethan ‘Homer’ could well mean an English translation of an Italian redaction, or of a French or Latin version of the Greek original.
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