HOMING definition: capable of returning home, usually over a great distance. See examples of homing used in a sentence.

Within the next hundred years the verb had developed an animal-specific sense: an animal returning to its home or birthplace was said to be "homing." Usually the animal in question was a pigeon—in …

HOMING definition: 1. relating to the ability of some animals to find their way home: 2. (of an electronic device…. Learn more.

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A weapon or piece of equipment that has a homing system is able to guide itself to a target or to give out a signal that guides people to it. ...infra-red homing missiles. All the royal cars are fitted with …

1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missile homed in on the target. 2. To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective: The investigators were homing in on the truth.

capable of returning home, usually over a great distance: We saw the homing birds at dusk. Rocketry guiding or directing homeward or to a destination, esp. by mechanical means: the homing instinct; a …

Definition of homing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (of a bird or an animal) trained, or having a natural ability, to find the way home from a long distance away. Many birds have …

Most of the best-known examples of strong homing ability are among birds, particularly racing, or homing, pigeons. Many other birds, especially seabirds and also swallows, are known to have equal …

Homing is the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas. This location may be a home territory or a breeding spot.