homer

noun (a homer, homers); verb (US, informal: homer, homers, homered); also a name (Homer)

«homer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(US, baseball, informal) A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way round the bases and score. tree →
(a name) Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is said to have composed the «Iliad» and the «Odyssey». tree →
(a name) Homer Simpson is the dad in the cartoon «The Simpsons». tree →
A homing pigeon. tree →
(sport, informal) A referee or decision that seems to favour the home team. tree →

In the lessons

In history and English lessons, Homer's «Odyssey» tells of the hero Odysseus's long journey home; no one is sure Homer was one real person. In sport talk in the USA and Canada, «hit a homer» means hit a home run. In everyday culture, Homer Simpson says «D'oh!».

Examples

She hit a homer in the last inning! tree →
Homer told the story of the Trojan War. tree →
The «Odyssey» is an epic poem by Homer. tree →
Homer Simpson loves doughnuts. tree →
That ref is a real homer — every call goes to the home team. tree →
The homer pigeon flew back to its loft. tree →
Homer knew the stories and made up the ‘Odyssey’ out of half a dozen of them. tree →

Note

Capital H for the names. The baseball sense is informal American. Adjective «Homeric» means to do with Homer or very great and heroic.

In Jewish tradition

A Hebrew measure of dry goods, about ten ephahs, which is a large heap of grain or similar produce. Here it is not baseball or the Greek poet.

Interpretation. Tradition counts it as one of the standard measures of the law, used for offerings and for how much quail the people gathered.

Examples

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. (Prophets ISA.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; (Prophets HOS.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
and the set portion of oil, the bath of oil, shall be the tithe of the bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; for ten baths are a homer; (Prophets EZK.45.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Capital H for the names. The baseball sense is informal American. Adjective «Homeric» means to do with Homer or very great and heroic.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «homer» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«homer» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «homer» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«homer» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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