homing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide with, or send to, a home
    home.
  2. verb return home accurately from a long distance
    home.
    • homing pigeons
  3. adjective satellite orienting or directing homeward or to a destination
    • the homing instinct
    • a homing beacon

WordNet


Hom"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Webster 1913