heart
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Synonyms: heat, hear, hart, heast, heard, peart, heare, hearst, hears, teart, 'eart
Antonyms: heat, hear, hart, heast, heard, peart, heare, hearst, hears, teart, 'eart
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q1072}}{{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[muscular]] [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] through the [[body]], traditionally thought to be the seat of [[emotion]].
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- 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.
- Compassion.
- Affection
- Disposition
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; [[courage|courage]]; [[spirit]]; a will to compete.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- {{lb|en|archaic}} {{non-gloss|A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.}}
- {{lb|en|obsolete|except in the phrase "[[by heart]]"}} Memory.
- {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[wight]] or [[being]].
- A [[conventional]] [[shape]] or [[symbol]] used to [[represent]] the heart, [[love]], or emotion: [[♥]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive|humorous|informal}} To be [[fond]] of. {{n-g|Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.}} {{defdate|from late 20th c.}}
- {{senseid|en|show approval of via a heart symbol}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To give heart to; to [[hearten]]; to [[encourage]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|masonry}} To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- {{lb|en|intransitive|agriculture|botany}} To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en}}.
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