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heart

/hɑːt/

noun

Meaning

  • A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

  • Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.

    "The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart."

  • The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

    "a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart"

  • Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

  • Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

  • A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

    "Listen, dear heart, we must go now."

  • Personality, disposition.

    "a cold heart"

  • A wight or being.

  • A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.

  • A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

  • The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

  • The centre, essence, or core.

    "Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life."

Synonyms

bravery,
nerve,
crux,
gist,
honey,
sugar

verb

Meaning

  • To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

    "2008 July 25, "The Media Hearts Obama?", On The Media, National Public Radio"

  • To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

  • To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

  • To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

Synonyms

less than three,
love