heart

(countable, uncountable)(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

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

She has a cold heart.

(countable, uncountable)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

(countable, uncountable)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.

"We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.

Đồng nghĩa: bravery, nerve, spirit, audacity, balls, bield, boldhead, boldness, bravehood, braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, fearlessness, grit, guts, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mood, nerve, ovaries, pecker, pluck, spunk, steel, undauntedness, valour

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

(archaic, countable, uncountable)A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

Listen, dear heart, we must go now.

Đồng nghĩa: honey, sugar, babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee, chuck, cupcake, cutie, dag, darling, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, doll, doodlebug, dove, duck, ducky, dumpling, fam, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, hinny, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybunch, honeybug, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, jewel, jo, kidder, lambchop, lambkin, lass (archaic except UK, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, Wearside), informal or poetic), liefling, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, miting, moppet, mopsy, mouse, muffin, muss, old bean, old sport, pally, pet, petal, poppet, pug, pumpkin, pussums, pussy, sausage, schnookums, shug, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, squishy, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweets, sweetling, treasure, woobie

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(obsolete, except in the phrase "by heart") Memory.

I know almost every Beatles song by heart.

(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A wight or being.

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

(countable, uncountable)(card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

(countable, uncountable)(cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) 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.

Đồng nghĩa: crux, gist, bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor

(humorous, informal, transitive)To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

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.

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

Đồng nghĩa: love, less than three

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

She hearted my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.

Đồng nghĩa: love

(obsolete, transitive)To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

(transitive)(transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

(intransitive)(intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.