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heart
(h/A/rt )

noun (n)

  • the locus of feelings and intuitions(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    In your heart you know it is true.
    Synonym:
    bosom
    source: wordnet30
  • the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body(noun.body)
    Example:
    He stood still, his heart thumping wildly.
    Synonym:
    pump, ticker
    source: wordnet30
  • the courage to carry on(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    You haven't got the heart for baseball.
    Synonym:
    mettle, nerve, spunk
    source: wordnet30
  • an area that is approximately central within some larger region(noun.location)
    Example:
    They ran forward into the heart of the struggle.
    Synonym:
    center, centre, eye, middle
    source: wordnet30
  • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    The heart and soul of the Republican Party.
    Synonym:
    center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
    source: wordnet30
  • an inclination or tendency of a certain kind(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    He had a change of heart.
    Synonym:
    spirit
    source: wordnet30
  • a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines(noun.shape)
    Example:
    He drew a heart and called it a valentine.
    source: wordnet30
  • a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)(noun.food)
    Example:
    A five-pound beef heart will serve six.
    source: wordnet30
  • a positive feeling of liking(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    The child won everyone's heart.
    Synonym:
    affection, affectionateness, fondness, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
    source: wordnet30
  • a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He led the queen of hearts.
    Hearts were trumps.
    source: wordnet30
  • A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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