heart
n.
four-chambered bodily muscular organ which pumps blood (Anatomy); center, core; central and vital part (as "heart of the city"); courage to go on (e.g.: "Tina did not have the heart to sue him"); mettle, spunk;
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heart
Noun
1. the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
(synonym) bosom
(hypernym) intuition, hunch, suspicion
2. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
(synonym) pump, ticker
(hypernym) internal organ, viscus
(hyponym) athlete's heart
(part-holonym) circulatory system, cardiovascular system
(part-meronym) coronary artery, arteria coronaria
3. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
(synonym) mettle, nerve, spunk
(hypernym) courage, courageousness, bravery
4. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
(synonym) center, centre, middle, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
(synonym) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) bare bones
6. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
(synonym) spirit
(hypernym) disposition, temperament
7. a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
(hypernym) plane figure, two-dimensional figure
8. a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
(hypernym) variety meat, organs
9. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"
(synonym) affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, warmheartedness
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) attachment, fond regard
10. a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the queen of hearts"
(hypernym) playing card
(member-holonym) major suit
Heart
(v. t.)
To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
(v. i.)
To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.
(n.)
Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
(n.)
Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
(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.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
(n.)
Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
(n.)
A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
(n.)
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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