Best Off Grid Home Designs

Best

As adjective, superl

of good with better as compar

of the highest quality, excellence, or standing:the best work; the best students

most advantageous, suitable, or desirable:the best way

largest; most:the best part of a day

As adverb, superl

of well with better as compar

most excellently or suitably; with most advantage or success:an opera role that best suits her voice

in or to the highest degree; most fully (usually used in combination):best-suited; best-known; best-loved

As noun

something or someone that is best:They always demand and get the best

The best of us can make mistakes

a person's finest clothing:It's important that you wear your best

a person's most agreeable or desirable emotional state (often preceded by at)

a person's highest degree of competence, inspiration, etc

(often preceded by at)

the highest quality to be found in a given activity or category of things (often preceded by at):cabinetmaking at its best

the best effort that a person, group, or thing can make:Their best fell far short of excellence

a person's best wishes or kindest regards:Please give my best to your father

As verb (used with object)

to get the better of; defeat; beat:He easily bested his opponent in hand-to-hand combat

She bested me in the argument

As Idioms

all for the best, for the good as the final result; to an ultimate advantage:At the time it was hard to realize how it could be all for the best

Also, for the best

as best one can, in the best way possible under the circumstances:We tried to smooth over the disagreement as best we could

at best, under the most favorable circumstances:You may expect to be treated civilly, at best

get / have the best of, to gain the advantage over

to defeat; subdue: His arthritis gets the best of him from time to time

had best, would be wisest or most reasonable to; ought to:You had best phone your mother to tell her where you are going

make the best of, to cope with in the best way possible:to make the best of a bad situation

with the best, on a par with the most capable:He can play bridge with the best

Off

As adverb

so as to be no longer supported or attached:This button is about to come off

so as to be no longer covering or enclosing:to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off

away from a place:to run off; to look off toward the west

away from a path, course, etc

; aside:This road branches off to Grove City

so as to be away or on one's way:to start off early; to cast off

away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like:to go off on a tangent

from a charge or price:He took percent off for all cash purchases

at a distance in space or future time:to back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off

out of operation or effective existence:Turn the lights off

into operation or action:The alarm goes off at noon

so as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance:Negotiations have been broken off

in absence from work, service, a job, etc

:two days off at Christmas

completely; utterly:to kill off all the inhabitants

with prompt or ready performance:to dash a letter off

to fulfillment, or into execution or effect:The contest came off on the appointed day

into nonexistence or nothingness:My headache passed off soon

so as to be delineated, divided, or apportioned:Mark it off into equal parts

away from a state of consciousness:I must have dozed off

Nautical

away from the land, a ship, the wind, etc

As preposition

so as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with:Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf

deviating from:off balance; off course

below or less than the usual or expected level or standard: percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game

away, disengaged, or resting from:to be off duty on Tuesdays

Informal

refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc

, of:He's off gambling

away from; apart or distant from:a village off the main road

leading into or away from:an alley off th Street

not fixed on or directed toward, as the gaze, eyes, etc

:Their eyes weren't off the king for a moment

Informal

from (a specified source):I bought it off a street vendor

from or of, indicating material or component parts:to lunch off cheese and fruit

from or by such means or use of:living off an inheritance; living off his parents

Nautical

at some distance to seaward of:off Cape Hatteras

As adjective

in error; wrong:You are off on that point

slightly abnormal or not quite sane:He is a little off, but he's really harmless

not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal:a good play full of off moments

no longer in effect, in operation, or in process:The agreement is off

stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve:The electricity is off

in a specified state, circumstance, etc

:to be badly off for money

(of time) free from work or duty; nonworking:a pastime for one's off hours

not working at one's usual occupation:We're off Wednesdays during the summer

of less than the ordinary activity, liveliness, or lively interest; slack:an off season in the tourist trade

unlikely; remote; doubtful:on the off chance that we'd find her at home

more distant; farther:the off side of a wall

(of a vehicle, single animal, or pair of animals hitched side by side) of, being, or pertaining to the right as seen from the rider's or driver's viewpoint (opposed to near):the off horse; the off side

starting on one's way; leaving:I'm off to Europe on Monday

They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct

lower in price or value; down:Stock prices were off this morning

Nautical

noting one of two like things that is the farther from the shore; seaward:the off side of the ship

Cricket

noting or pertaining to that side of the wicket or of the field opposite that on which the batsman stands

As noun

the state or fact of being off

Cricket

the off side

As verb (used without object)

to go off or away; leave (used imperatively):Off, and don't come back!

As verb (used with object)

Slang

to kill; slay

As Verb phrases

get off on

get (def )

As Idioms

get it off

get (def )

off and on, Also, on and off

with intervals between; intermittently: to work off and on

Nautical

on alternate tacks

off of, Informal

off:Take your feet off of the table!

off with, take away; remove: Off with those muddy boots before you step into this kitchen! cut off: Off with his head!

Grid

As noun

a grating of crossed bars; gridiron

Electricity

a metallic framework employed in a storage cell or battery for conducting the electric current and supporting the active material

a system of electrical distribution serving a large area, especially by means of high-tension lines

Electronics

an electrode in a vacuum tube, usually consisting of parallel wires, a coil of wire, or a screen, for controlling the flow of electrons between the other electrodes

Surveying

a basic system of reference lines for a region, consisting of straight lines intersecting at right angles

a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates

Architecture

a rectangular system of coordinates used in locating the principal elements of a plan

grillage

Football

gridiron (def )

Home

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

Designs

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