heart

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat…

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

   • […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]
2. 2

   One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

   • She has a cold heart.
   • In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
   • Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
3. 3

   The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate,…

   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
   • Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, / And in his eies the furies of his heart, / That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, / And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.
   • Calm and deep peace in this wide air, ⁠These leaves that redden to the fall; ⁠And in my heart, if calm at all, If any calm, a calm despair: […]
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   1. 4

      Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations

      Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.

      • The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
      • Eve, recovering heart, replied.
      • The expelled nations take heart, and when they fled from one country, invaded another.
   2. 5

      Vigorous and efficient activity

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

      • Both theſe unhappy Soils the Swain forbears, / And keeps a Sabbath of alternate Years: / That the ſpent Earth may gather heart again; / And, better'd by Ceſſation, bear the Grain.
   3. 6

      A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

      • Listen, dear heart, we must go now.
      • My King, my Jove, I speak to thee, my heart!
      • Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well./Awake.
   4. 7

      Memory.

      • I know almost every Beatles song by heart.
   5. 8

      A wight or being.

      • […] I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, / Outbrave the heart most daring on earth, / Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, / Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,[…]
   6. 9

      A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion

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

      • "Aw. Thank you." The Cherub kissed the air between them and sent a small cluster of tiny red hearts at her.
   7. 10

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

   8. 11

      The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

   9. 12

      The centre, essence, or core.

      • That is the heart of the matter
      • The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest.
      • Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.
   10. 13

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

       • We're but the sum of all our terrors until we heart the dove.
       • 2006, Susan Reinhardt, Bulldog doesn't have to rely on the kindness of strangers to draw attention, Citizen-Times.com I guess at this point we were supposed to feel elated she'd come to her senses and decided she hearts dogs after all.
       • The further we delve into this "story", the more convinced we become of one thing: We heart the Goss.
   11. 14

       To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).

       • She hearted my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.
   12. 15

       To give heart to

       To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

       • […]My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason.
   13. 16

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

   14. 17

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

   15. 18

       A surname.

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