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Meaning of 'heart'
Meaning of 'heart' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Heart 
[ n.]
- A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. [ n.]- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
- The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.
- Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
- One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
- Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
- A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
2. Heart [ v. i.]
- To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting
cabbage. [ v. i.]3. Heart [ v. t.]
- To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'heart' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. heart [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
Example in sentence:
- a five-pound beef heart will serve six
Meaning (2):
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
Example in sentence:
- he drew a heart and called it a valentine
Meaning (3):
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
Example in sentence:
- he had a change of heart
Meaning (4):
- a positive feeling of liking
- a positive feeling of liking
Example in sentence:
- he had trouble expressing the affection he felt;
- the child won everyone's heart;
- the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
Meaning (5):
- the courage to carry on
- the courage to carry on
Example in sentence:
- he kept fighting on pure spunk;
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
Meaning (6):
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
Example in sentence:
- he led the queen of hearts;
- hearts were trumps
Meaning (7):
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Example in sentence:
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
Meaning (8):
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
Example in sentence:
- her story would melt your bosom;
- in your heart you know it is true
Meaning (9):
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
Example in sentence:
- it is in the center of town;
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle;
- they were in the eye of the storm
Meaning (10):
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example in sentence:
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument;
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party;
- the nub of the story
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