heart
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Is heart a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of heart?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.Examples: "[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]"
2. (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.Examples: "She has a cold heart."; "In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road."; "Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
3. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.Examples: "Listen, dear heart, we must go now."; "My King, my Jove, I speak to thee, my heart!"; "Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well./Awake."Synonyms: honey, sugar, babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes
4. (obsolete, except in the phrase "by heart") Memory.Examples: "I know almost every Beatles song by heart."
5. (figurative) A wight or being.Examples: "[…] I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, / Outbrave the heart most daring on earth, / Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, / Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,[…]"
6. (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
verb (English)
1. (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.Examples: "We're but the sum of all our terrors until we heart the dove."; "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."; "The further we delve into this "story", the more convinced we become of one thing: We heart the Goss."Synonyms: love, less than three
2. (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).Examples: "She hearted my photos of the kids playing with the dogs."Synonyms: love
3. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.Examples: "[…]My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason."
4. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
5. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
Definition source: Wiktionary