heart

Nouns

• (n) the locus of feelings and intuitions
  • in your heart you know it is true
  • her story would melt your bosom
  bosom,
• (n) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
  • he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
  ticker, pump,
• (n) the courage to carry on
  • he kept fighting on pure spunk
  • you haven't got the heart for baseball
  mettle, nerve, spunk,
• (n) 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
  center, middle, centre, eye,
• (n) 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
  essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, marrow, centre,
• (n) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
  • he had a change of heart
  spirit,
• (n) 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
• (n) a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
  • a five-pound beef heart will serve six
• (n) a positive feeling of liking
  • 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
  affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, fondness, warmheartedness, tenderness,
• (n) a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
  • he led the queen of hearts
  • hearts were trumps

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