Signature Homes Design Center

Signature

As noun

a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document

the act of signing a document

Music

a sign or set of signs at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key or the time of a piece

Radio

a song, musical arrangement, sound effect, etc

, used as a theme identifying a program

any unique, distinguishing aspect, feature, or mark

Medicine/Medical

that part of a written prescription that specifies directions for use

Biology, Medicine/Medical

a distinctive characteristic or set of characteristics by which a biological structure or medical condition is recognized

Also called section

Bookbinding

a printed sheet folded to page size for binding together, with other such sheets, to form a book, magazine, etc

Printing

a letter or other symbol generally placed by the printer at the foot of the first page of every sheet to guide the binder in folding the sheets and in gathering them in sequence

a sheet so marked

Chemistry, Physics

a characteristic trace or sign that indicates the presence of a substance or the occurrence of a physical process or event:The satellite recorded a spectrum that is the signature of a nuclear explosion

As adjective

serving to identify or distinguish a person, group, etc

:a signature tune

Homes

As noun

a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household

the place in which one's domestic affections are centered

an institution for the homeless, sick, etc

:a nursing home

the dwelling place or retreat of an animal

the place or region where something is native or most common

any place of residence or refuge:a heavenly home

a person's native place or own country

(in games) the destination or goal

a principal base of operations or activities:The new stadium will be the home of the local football team

Baseball

home plate

Lacrosse

one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal

As adjective

of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic:home products

principal or main:the corporation's home office

reaching the mark aimed at:a home thrust

Sports

played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team:The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season

Compare away (def )

As adverb

to, toward, or at home:to go home

deep; to the heart:The truth of the accusation struck home

to the mark or point aimed at:He drove the point home

Nautical

into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home

in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home

toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home

As verb (used without object), homed, homing

to go or return home

(of guided missiles, aircraft, etc

) to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often followed by in on):The missile homed in on the target

to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes

to have a home where specified; reside

As verb (used with object), homed, homing

to bring or send home

to provide with a home

to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc

As Idioms

at home, in one's own house or place of residence

in one's own town or country

prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home

We are always at home to her

in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home

well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics

played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away

bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for:The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her

home and dry, British Informal

having safely achieved one's goal

home free, assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc

: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free

certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc

: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free

write home about, to comment especially on; remark on:The town was nothing to write home about

His cooking is really something to write home about

Design

As verb (used with object)

to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of:to design a new bridge

to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully

to intend for a definite purpose:a scholarship designed for foreign students

to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan:The prisoner designed an intricate escape

to assign in thought or intention; purpose:He designed to be a doctor

Obsolete

to mark out, as by a sign; indicate

As verb (used without object)

to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans

to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc

As noun

an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed

organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition

the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc

; the pattern or motif of artistic work:the design on a bracelet

the art of designing:a school of design

a plan or project:a design for a new process

a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one:His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him

designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives:He had designs on his partner's stock

intention; purpose; end

adaptation of means to a preconceived end

Center

As noun

Geometry

the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices

a point, pivot, axis, etc

, around which anything rotates or revolves:The sun is the center of the solar system

the source of an influence, action, force, etc

:the center of a problem

a point, place, person, etc

, upon which interest, emotion, etc

, focuses:His family is the center of his life

a principal point, place, or object:a shipping center

a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities:a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement

an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency:a flood-relief center; a crisis center

a person, thing, group, etc

, occupying the middle position, especially a body of troops

the core or middle of anything:chocolate candies with fruit centers

a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice:a garden center; a nutrition center

shopping center

(usually initial capital letter) Government

the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left

the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center

the political position of persons who hold moderate views

politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center

Football

a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back

the position played by this lineman

Basketball

a player who participates in a center jump

the position of the player in the center of the court, where the center jump takes place at the beginning of play

Ice Hockey

a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play

Baseball

center field

Physiology

a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process:the vasomotor center

Mathematics

the mean position of a figure or system

the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group

Machinery

a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed

one of two similar points on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis

a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted

As verb (used with object)

to place in or on a center:She centered the clock on the mantelpiece

to collect to or around a center; focus:He centered his novel on the Civil War

to determine or mark the center of:A small brass star centered the tabletop

to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc

) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position:to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe

to place (an object, part, etc

) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas

Football

snap (def )

to pass (a basketball, hockey puck, etc

) from any place along the periphery toward the middle of the playing area

As verb (used without object)

to be at or come to a center

to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (followed by at, about, around, in, or on):The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero

Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor

to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (followed by at, about, around, in, or on):Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square

As Idioms

on center, from the centerline or midpoint of a structural member, an area of a plan, etc

, to that of a similar member, area, etc

:The studs are set inches on center

Abbreviation: o

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Also, especially British, centre