(a) Used at home; characteristic of a home; ~ medicine, household remedy; (b) pertaining or belonging to a household, domestic; ~ chirche, a church in one's house; ~ fo, an enemy in one's own house; ~ heue (hine, man), a household servant; ~ meinee, members of one's family or household; fig. God's servants; ~ womman, a female servant; fig. an anchoress; (c) as noun: members of one's family or household; fig. the disciples of Christ; (d) native, indigenous; (e) of sections of anatomical parts or bodily organs: inner, interior.

(a) Belonging to one household; ~ with, of the same family or household as (sb.); ~ of the feith, ~ to the bileve, belonging to the community of Christians; ~ thef, a thief in someone's household; (b) at home, in familiar surroundings; ~ in (of), at home in (a place, one's soul), familiar; (c) close, intimate; of a friend: intimate; of an enemy: familiar, ever-present; of affection, friendship: close, deep, intimate; (d) intimate, friendly; ~ with (to, unto), intimate with (sb.), close to, friendly with; (e) sexually intimate; also fig.; ~ with; (f) of parts of the body: closely associated; of a dwelling place: frequented, familiar; of reading, talking, presence: close, intimate.

(a) Meek, gentle, kind, gracious; (b) of medicines or their effects: mild, gentle; (c) domesticated, tame; of an animal: obedient, quick to respond; maken ~, to tame.

(a) Simple, common; unassuming; (b) ugly, not comely, unattractive; unrefined, crude; (c) presumptuous, impudent, shameless.