Word Finder - heart

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

synonyms

• bravery
• nerve

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

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A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

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Listen, dear heart, we must go now.

synonyms

• honey
• sugar

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Personality, disposition.

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a cold heart

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A wight or being.

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

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

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The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

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The centre, essence, or core.

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

synonyms

• crux
• gist

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

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

synonyms

• less than three
• love

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To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

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

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

Her heart was starting to flutter.

My heart is singing for joy this morning.

Her heart was racing and her breath came quickly.

In the autumn I returned to my Southern home with a heart full of joyous memories.

I have had the same strange sensation even in the heart of the city.

It was the heart of their friendship.

My mother sat beside my little bed and tried to soothe my feverish moans while in her troubled heart she prayed, "Father in Heaven, spare my baby's life!"

Since everyone knew the way to a man's heart was through his stomach, she started with a special meal.

With a heavy heart, she called his number.

Put your whole heart in the good work, my child, and it cannot fail.

The thought of going to college took root in my heart and became an earnest desire, which impelled me to enter into competition for a degree with seeing and hearing girls, in the face of the strong opposition of many true and wise friends.

Her heart skipped a few beats and then thundered.

I am sure his heart was always full of music, and in God's beautiful world he must have heard love's sweet replying.

His hand trembled as he gave his horse into an orderly's charge, and he felt the blood rush to his heart with a thud.

He was as her dream predicted, the man meant to steal her heart and take her life.

He always seemed to me to have an excellent heart, and that is the quality I value most in people.

She sighed and snuggled against him, feeling the beat of his heart... or was that her own?

Beautiful flower, you have taught me to see a little way into the hidden heart of things.

Under that facade of indifference beats a heart primed for breaking.

Her heart was pounding hard and warmth invaded her neck.

His heart pounded hard.

It was written out of my heart, and perhaps that is why it met a sympathetic response in other hearts.

He laid down the seven of hearts, on which with a broken bit of chalk he had written "800 rubles" in clear upright figures; he emptied the glass of warm champagne that was handed him, smiled at Dolokhov's words, and with a sinking heart, waiting for a seven to turn up, gazed at Dolokhov's hands which held the pack.

She got dressed and looked at the time, her heart pounding harder and harder as she moved towards the door.

Well my dear child, you know how your father's heart rejoices to know that you...

Through his shirt sleeves she could feel the swell of his biceps and her heart jumped into high gear.

Oh, and tell him I swear not to look at what other girl's he's been calling... cross my heart, like fun!

Believe in your heart forever how very much I loved you.

She could follow her heart and marry the man she loved, but she would never be completely satisfied.

But don't think only with your heart on this one.

Her heart sinking, she looked in the direction of her home.

It will strike your heart.

My heart is too full of sadness to dwell upon the happiness the summer has brought me.

She died of a broken heart.

The arms that rescued her continued to cradle her gently, and what the fall had failed to do to her heart beat, his close proximity completed.

Her heart skipped a beat and she dodged out of his way.

A smile came from her heart and spread across her mouth.

She hurried to her feet and continued, heart racing as she ran through the city towards her home.

His heart ached to see his mate in such pain, but he knew from experience there was nothing more he could do.

Her heart still hurt for her brother, whose road was dark and lonely.

His heart felt like a brick in his stomach.

After the infectious diseases come the non-infectious ones such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.

Even now I cannot find it in my heart to condemn them utterly.

Yes, I pity him from my heart, and shall try to give him what consolation I can.

For a moment she stared at the door, her heart racing.

The words sliced through her disguise, stabbing into her heart.

She swallowed down her throbbing heart.

She stared at him, fear clutching at her heart.

Both statements came from the heart.

Her heart was pounding as he stopped in front of her.