English dictionary
heart
/h/A/rt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the locus of feelings and intuitions
ExamplesIn your heart you know it is true.
Synonyms bosomSource: WordNet 3.0
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the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
ExamplesHe stood still, his heart thumping wildly.
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the courage to carry on
ExamplesYou haven't got the heart for baseball.
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an area that is approximately central within some larger region
ExamplesThey ran forward into the heart of the struggle.
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
ExamplesThe heart and soul of the Republican Party.
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an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
ExamplesHe had a change of heart.
Synonyms spiritSource: WordNet 3.0
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a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
ExamplesHe drew a heart and called it a valentine.
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a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
ExamplesA five-pound beef heart will serve six.
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a positive feeling of liking
ExamplesThe child won everyone's heart.
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a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
ExamplesHe led the queen of hearts.
Hearts were trumps.
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A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
Source: webster1913
verb
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To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
Source: webster1913
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To form a compact center or heart; as, a <i>hearting</i> cabbage.
Source: webster1913