--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 27 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 27 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A holiday is a day when people do not go to school or work, often because of a special event, like a public holiday.[↗](../../holiday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A holiday is a trip you take for fun and rest, away from home (in American English this is a vacation).[↗](../../holiday/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The holidays are a longer time off school, like the summer holidays.[↗](../../holiday/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The holiday lasts 14 days.[↗](../../holiday/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They spent 300 dollars on holiday.[↗](../../holiday/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She read 2 books a week during the holidays.[↗](../../holiday/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days of the holiday are left?[↗](../../holiday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are going on holiday to the seaside.[↗](../../holiday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Monday is a public holiday, so there is no school.[↗](../../holiday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the summer holidays we went camping.[↗](../../holiday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He sent us a postcard from his holiday.[↗](../../holiday/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanksgiving is a big holiday in the USA and Canada.[↗](../../holiday/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On all their holidays, the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antaeus.[↗](../../holiday/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **holiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The quality of being holy, very good and connected with God or a religion.[↗](../../holiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «His Holiness» — a polite title for some religious leaders, such as the Pope or the Dalai Lama.[↗](../../holiness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The temple was a place of great holiness.[↗](../../holiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Saints are remembered for their holiness.[↗](../../holiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His Holiness the Pope waved to the crowd.[↗](../../holiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dalai Lama is called His Holiness.[↗](../../holiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people feel the holiness of the old church.[↗](../../holiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The monks lived lives of quiet holiness.[↗](../../holiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pupils set off at once, wondering at the strangeness of their errand, and still more at the holiness of the jogi to whom such secrets were revealed.[↗](../../holiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?[↗](../../holiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation.[↗](../../holiness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../holiness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of Holiness in the midst of them sustaining all things.[↗](../../holiness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../holiness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy testimonies are very sure, holiness becometh Thy house, O LORD, for evermore.[↗](../../holiness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.93.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holiness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · O God, Thy way is in holiness; who is a great god like unto God?[↗](../../holiness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holiness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David; (Writings PSA.89.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holiness/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **holler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To shout or call out loudly, often in an informal way.[↗](../../holler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* “Come here!” he hollered.[↗](../../holler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The frogs hollered all night by the pond.[↗](../../holler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a loud holler from the yard.[↗](../../holler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hollow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hollow means empty inside, with a space in it.[↗](../../hollow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hollow is a hole in something, or a small low place in the ground.[↗](../../hollow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hollow out something is to make a hole or space inside it.[↗](../../hollow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Hollow can mean not sincere or not true, like a hollow promise.[↗](../../hollow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A hollow sound is deep and empty-sounding, as if it comes from an empty space.[↗](../../hollow/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The owl lives in a hollow tree.[↗](../../hollow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds have hollow bones.[↗](../../hollow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tap the box — it sounds hollow.[↗](../../hollow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We hollowed out a pumpkin for Halloween.[↗](../../hollow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain collected in a hollow in the ground.[↗](../../hollow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A chocolate egg is hollow inside.[↗](../../hollow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His promise sounded hollow.[↗](../../hollow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There is nothing in you; you are hollow and empty.[↗](../../hollow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it.[↗](../../hollow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.[↗](../../hollow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side.[↗](../../hollow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.[↗](../../hollow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; it was hollow.[↗](../../hollow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.52.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?[↗](../../hollow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hollow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **holly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An evergreen bush or tree with shiny, prickly dark green leaves and bright red berries in winter.[↗](../../holly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Its branches used to decorate homes and churches at Christmas.[↗](../../holly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We decorated the front door with a holly wreath.[↗](../../holly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Holly leaves are shiny and prickly.[↗](../../holly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds eat the red holly berries in winter.[↗](../../holly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The carol «The Holly and the Ivy» is sung at Christmas.[↗](../../holly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful picking holly; the leaves are sharp.[↗](../../holly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sprig of holly sat on top of the Christmas pudding.[↗](../../holly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They sat down under a holly tree and both poured forth their woes.[↗](../../holly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hollywood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hollywood is an area of Los Angeles in California, USA, where many famous film studios are.[↗](../../hollywood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hollywood also means the American film industry as a whole.[↗](../../hollywood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She dreams of becoming a Hollywood star.[↗](../../hollywood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hollywood sign stands on a hill.[↗](../../hollywood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hollywood makes hundreds of films every year.[↗](../../hollywood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw stars' handprints in Hollywood.[↗](../../hollywood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story had a Hollywood ending — everyone was happy.[↗](../../hollywood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bollywood films come from Mumbai, not Hollywood.[↗](../../hollywood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **holocaust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Holocaust (capital H) was the murder of about six million Jewish people, and many others such as Roma, disabled people and gay people, by the Nazis in Germany and lands they controlled during the Second World War.[↗](../../holocaust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (lower case) A huge destruction and killing, especially by fire or nuclear war: «a nuclear holocaust».[↗](../../holocaust/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible, old) A sacrifice that was completely burned.[↗](../../holocaust/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We read The Diary of Anne Frank to learn about the Holocaust.[↗](../../holocaust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A Holocaust survivor came to speak to our school.[↗](../../holocaust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.[↗](../../holocaust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Holocaust Memorial Day helps us remember.[↗](../../holocaust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Holocaust shows where hatred can lead.[↗](../../holocaust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film warned of a nuclear holocaust.[↗](../../holocaust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **holp** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Gave help to someone.[↗](../../holp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **holstein** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breed of large black-and-white dairy cow (also called Holstein-Friesian or Friesian in the UK), famous for giving a lot of milk.[↗](../../holstein/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Holstein, a region in northern Germany, part of Schleswig-Holstein.[↗](../../holstein/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A Holstein cow can give over 30 litres of milk a day.[↗](../../holstein/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The black-and-white cows on the farm are Holsteins.[↗](../../holstein/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK people often call them Friesians.[↗](../../holstein/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The breed came from Holstein in Germany and Friesland in the Netherlands.[↗](../../holstein/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each Holstein has its own pattern of patches.[↗](../../holstein/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **holy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Holy means special because it is connected with God or a religion, and treated with deep respect.[↗](../../holy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Holy describes a person who is very religious and good.[↗](../../holy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) "Holy cow!" or "Holy moly!" are cries of surprise.[↗](../../holy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Qur'an is the holy book of Islam.[↗](../../holy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jerusalem is a holy city for many religions.[↗](../../holy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest sprinkled holy water.[↗](../../holy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Holy cow, that wave is huge\![↗](../../holy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The monk lived a holy life.[↗](../../holy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people visit holy places on pilgrimages.[↗](../../holy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "You have killed the holy woman!"[↗](../../holy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.[↗](../../holy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy.[↗](../../holy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And this is the law of the guilt-offering: it is most holy.[↗](../../holy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?[↗](../../holy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.15.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His foundation is in the holy mountains.[↗](../../holy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.87.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?[↗](../../holy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../holy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **homage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Homage is a sign of great respect for someone important, often shown by bowing or kneeling.[↗](../../homage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Homage was the promise of loyalty that a knight or lord made to his king.[↗](../../homage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every one noticed him, and did him homage.[↗](../../homage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowds paid homage to the queen as she rode by.[↗](../../homage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight knelt before the king to pay homage.[↗](../../homage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone in the hall bowed low in homage to the brave princess.[↗](../../homage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang songs of homage to our hero.[↗](../../homage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · So shall the king desire thy beauty; for he is thy lord; and do homage unto him.[↗](../../homage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.45.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../homage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled.[↗](../../homage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../homage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hombre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Spanish) Hombre means man in Spanish; it is not really an English word.[↗](../../hombre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US slang) A man, a guy, especially a tough one in cowboy films: a tough hombre.[↗](../../hombre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hombre means man in Spanish.[↗](../../hombre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheriff said he was one tough hombre.[↗](../../hombre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish class we learnt hombre and mujer.[↗](../../hombre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hey hombre, how's it going?[↗](../../hombre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../hombre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowboy film had a mysterious hombre riding into town.[↗](../../hombre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hombre sounds like OM-bray; the h is silent.[↗](../../hombre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **home** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A home is the place where you live, with your family.[↗](../../home/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A home is a house or flat, a building people live in.[↗](../../home/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adverb, home means to or at the place where you live: go home, stay home.[↗](../../home/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An animal's home is where it lives, like a nest or burrow.[↗](../../home/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In games, home is the base you try to reach, and the home team plays at its own ground.[↗](../../home/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A home (care home, old people's home) is a place where people who need care live.[↗](../../home/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Home» is clipped in quick talk: «u home?», «home by 6», «heading home»; «bring it home» means finish well.[↗](../../home/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Residence», «dwelling», «domicile» and «place of abode» are the stiff official words for home.[↗](../../home/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (euphemism) «Gone home» or «called home» is sometimes said for someone who has died, and «put in a home» for an old person moved into care.[↗](../../home/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He walks 2 km from home to school.[↗](../../home/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She got home at 4 o'clock.[↗](../../home/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders finished 8 homes.[↗](../../home/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far is it there and back home?[↗](../../home/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I stayed home because I had a cold.[↗](../../home/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A burrow is a rabbit's home.[↗](../../home/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn your home address by heart.[↗](../../home/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Make yourself at home\![↗](../../home/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · omw home, 2 km left then i'm done lol (casual)[↗](../../home/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Get home now or you're grounded — I mean it.[↗](../../home/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../home/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa lives in a care home now.[↗](../../home/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The distance from the pupil's residence to the school is 2 km; ascertain the total distance travelled on a return journey.[↗](../../home/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../home/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.[↗](../../home/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths; (Torah LEV.23.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; (Torah DEU.21.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.'[↗](../../home/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.13.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is the like of death.[↗](../../home/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../home/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **homebody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who likes staying at home more than going out.[↗](../../homebody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandad is a homebody who loves his armchair.[↗](../../homebody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a bit of a homebody; I'd rather read than go to a party.[↗](../../homebody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger was a homebody who didn't like visitors much.[↗](../../homebody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats are often homebodies.[↗](../../homebody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a homebody until she joined the hiking club.[↗](../../homebody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was a homebody at heart, and he longed for Mole End.[↗](../../homebody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **homecoming** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming home after being away for a long time.[↗](../../homecoming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada) A yearly celebration at a school or college with a football game and a dance, welcoming former pupils back.[↗](../../homecoming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The family planned a party for the soldier's homecoming.[↗](../../homecoming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole's homecoming to his little house was a happy, tearful night.[↗](../../homecoming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's homecoming meant fighting the weasels.[↗](../../homecoming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The homecoming game is the biggest match of the year at our high school.[↗](../../homecoming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors had a joyful homecoming.[↗](../../homecoming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ulysses' homecoming took ten long years.[↗](../../homecoming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **homeland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A homeland is the country where you or your family were born or come from.[↗](../../homeland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A homeland is the land a people or nation see as their own.[↗](../../homeland/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She missed her homeland after moving to Canada.[↗](../../homeland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many refugees hope to return to their homeland.[↗](../../homeland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland is the homeland of my grandparents.[↗](../../homeland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem is about love for one's homeland.[↗](../../homeland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tribe returned to their homeland.[↗](../../homeland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class mapped each family's homeland.[↗](../../homeland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **homeless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Someone who is homeless has no home and may sleep outside, in a shelter or on friends' sofas.[↗](../../homeless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The homeless» means all the people who have no home.[↗](../../homeless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flood left many families homeless.[↗](../../homeless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class collected food for a homeless shelter.[↗](../../homeless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A homeless man sat by the station with his dog.[↗](../../homeless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity gives warm meals to the homeless.[↗](../../homeless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing his job made him homeless for a year.[↗](../../homeless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shelter has 40 beds; 32 are full, so 8 are free.[↗](../../homeless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Being homeless can happen to anyone.[↗](../../homeless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whole villages were destroyed, rice-fields burnt up, river beds filled with the burning lava, and the homeless people were in great distress.[↗](../../homeless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **homelessness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Homelessness is the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to live.[↗](../../homelessness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The problem in a town or country of many people having no homes.[↗](../../homelessness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The charity works to end homelessness.[↗](../../homelessness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Homelessness can happen to anyone who loses their job.[↗](../../homelessness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school raised money for a homelessness shelter.[↗](../../homelessness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold winters are hardest for people facing homelessness.[↗](../../homelessness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The council has a plan to reduce homelessness.[↗](../../homelessness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about homelessness in our citizenship class.[↗](../../homelessness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/26/) **27** [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/28/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/26/) - next →: [page 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/28/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)