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# 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

1. (US, baseball, informal) A home run: a hit that lets the batter run all the way round the bases and score. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#m1)
2. (a name) Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is said to have composed the «Iliad» and the «Odyssey». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#m2)
3. (a name) Homer Simpson is the dad in the cartoon «The Simpsons». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#m3)
4. A homing pigeon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#m4)
5. (sport, informal) A referee or decision that seems to favour the home team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#m5)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x1)
- Homer told the story of the Trojan War. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x2)
- The «Odyssey» is an epic poem by Homer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x3)
- Homer Simpson loves doughnuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x4)
- That ref is a real homer — every call goes to the home team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x5)
- The homer pigeon flew back to its loft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x6)
- Homer knew the stories and made up the ‘Odyssey’ out of half a dozen of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/homer/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/homer/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/homer/#x3)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «homer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/homer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/homer.html) on Mova free.