homer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Baseball A home run.
2. n. A homing pigeon.
3. v. Baseball To hit a home run: homered in the fifth inning.
4. n. A unit of capacity used by the ancient Hebrews, equal to 10 ephahs (about 10 bushels) or 10 baths (about 100 gallons). Also called kor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A pigeon trained to fly home from a distance; a homing pigeon.
2. n. The basking-shark, Cetorhinus maximus.
3. n. A Hebrew measure, containing 75 gallons and 5 pints wine-measure. As a dry measure it was equivalent to 10 ephahs, or bushels. Also written chomer and gomer.
4. n. In base-ball, a home run.

Wiktionary

1. n. An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
2. n. baseball A four-base hit; a home run
3. n. A homing pigeon
4. n. sports A person who is extremely devoted to his favorite team.
5. v. baseball To get a four-base hit; to get a home run.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
2. n. (Zoöl.) See hoemother.
3. n. A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.
4. n. (Baseball) Same as home run.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
2. n. United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
3. n. pigeon trained to return home
4. n. ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
5. n. a base hit on which the batter scores a run
6. v. hit a home run