heart

  • (noun): A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
  • (noun): Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
  • (noun): 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.
  • (noun): Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  • (noun): Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  • (noun): A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
  • (noun): Personality, disposition.
  • (noun): A wight or being.
  • (noun): A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
  • (noun): A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
  • (noun): The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
  • (noun): The centre, essence, or core.
  • (verb): To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
  • (verb): To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
  • (verb): To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
  • (verb): To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
  • The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
  • a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart
  • Listen, dear heart, we must go now.
  • a cold heart
  • Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.