heart
38 ENTRIES FOUND:
- heart (noun)
- heart–healthy (adjective)
- heart–stopping (adjective)
- heart–to–heart (adjective)
- heart–to–heart (noun)
- heart attack (noun)
- big–hearted (adjective)
- bleeding–heart (adjective)
- change of heart (noun)
- good–hearted (adjective)
- hard–hearted (adjective)
- lonely hearts (adjective)
- open–heart (adjective)
- open–hearted (adjective)
- Purple Heart (noun)
- tender–hearted (adjective)
- bleed (verb)
- bottom (noun)
- break (verb)
- cockle (noun)
- content (noun)
- cross (verb)
- eat (verb)
- faint (adjective)
- harden (verb)
- heavy (adjective)
- knock (verb)
- know (verb)
- leap (verb)
- lose (verb)
- mouth (noun)
- open (verb)
- pour (verb)
- set (verb)
- set (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- skip (verb)
- warm (verb)
plural
hearts
plural
hearts
Britannica Dictionary definition of HEART
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the organ in your chest that pumps blood through your veins and arteries
— often used before another noun
—
see picture at human;
see also open-heart
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I could feel my heart pounding/racing.
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He has a bad/weak heart.
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He suffers from a heart condition.
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heart failure/disease/surgery
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a heart murmur
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Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate. [=pulse]
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the front part of your chest
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He put his hand on his heart.
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(literary) She clutched the child to her heart. [=breast, bosom]
3
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the heart thought of as the place where emotions are felt
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You shouldn't let your heart rule your head. [=you should be guided by reason and not by your emotions]
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When she heard the news, her heart filled with joy/sorrow.
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You're a man after my own heart. [=we have similar likes and dislikes]
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He offered to help us out of the goodness of his heart. [=because he is a good person and not because he wanted to get anything for himself]
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He wears his heart on his sleeve. [=he shows his emotions very openly]
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She's not too smart, but at least her heart is in the right place. [=she is a kind person who is trying to do good things]
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I just didn't have the heart to tell her that I didn't like her singing. [=I couldn't tell her because I knew that she would be hurt by what I said]
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The idea struck fear into their hearts. [=made them very afraid]
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I decided to follow my heart [=to do what I truly wanted to do] and take up acting.
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My heart goes out to [=I feel very sorry for] the families of the victims.
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Her heart's desire [=greatest wish] was to become a movie star.
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She just couldn't find it in her heart to forgive them.
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I felt in my heart that our relationship was never meant to be.
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I think she knows in her heart that they're right. = I think she knows it in her heart of hearts. [=she knows it even though she does not want to admit it]
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They said they'd try to fix the problem, but I could see that their hearts (just) weren't in it. [=they did not really feel much interest or enthusiasm about doing it]
b
:
a kind or generous feeling for other people
—
see also change of heart, heart-to-heart, lonely hearts
[noncount]
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a ruler without heart
[count]
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a ruler without a heart
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He has a kind heart. [=he treats people kindly]
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He has a cold/hard heart. [=he treats people in a harsh or unfriendly way]
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She has a big heart. = She is all heart. = She has a heart of gold. [=she is a very kind person]
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She has a heart of stone. [=she does not care at all about the feelings of other people]
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Have a heart! Can't you see he needs help?
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feelings of love or affection
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It's best not to interfere in matters/affairs of the heart. [=romantic matters/affairs]
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He was determined to win/steal/capture her heart. [=to win her love]
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emotional strength that allows you to continue in a difficult situation
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The team has shown a lot of heart.
6
a
the heart
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the central or most important part of something
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deep in the heart of the forest
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Their offices are in the heart of the city.
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Let's get right to the heart of the matter.
b
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the central part of some vegetables
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artichoke hearts
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cabbage hearts
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a shape that looks like a simple drawing of a heart and that is used as a symbol of love and affection
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The child decorated the card with hearts and flowers.
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a
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a playing card that is marked with a red heart
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see picture at playing card
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one heart, two diamonds, and two clubs
absence makes the heart grow fonder
at heart
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:
at the most basic level
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I'm really a romantic at heart.
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She's 81 years old, but she's still young at heart. [=she behaves and thinks like a much younger person]
2
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as a main concern
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We have your best interests at heart. [=we want to do what is best for you]
break someone's heart
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to cause someone to feel great sorrow or sadness
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He broke her heart when he left her for another woman.
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Her boyfriend left her with a broken heart.
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It breaks my heart to think of how those children have suffered.
by heart
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from memory
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She knows the entire poem by heart. [=she has learned the poem and can recite it from memory]
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He learned the speech by heart.
close/dear/near to your heart
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very personally and emotionally important to you
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This topic is one that's very close to my heart. [=I care very much about this subject]
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The school is very near and dear to her heart.
cross my heart
cry your heart out
do your heart good
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to make you feel very happy
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It does his heart good to know that his daughters have become friends.
eat your heart out
faint of heart
from the bottom of your heart
or from the/your heart
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in a very sincere way
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He thanked us from the bottom of his heart.
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When I said you were my best friend, I meant it from the bottom of my heart.
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His speech at the memorial service was straight from the heart.
harden your heart
have your heart set on (something)
or set your heart on (something)
◊ When you have your heart set on something or when you set your heart on something, you want it very much.
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She has her heart set on a new bicycle.
heart in your mouth
informal
◊ If your heart is in your mouth, you are very excited or nervous about something.
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He waited for her arrival with his heart in his mouth.
heart is knocking
heart skips a beat
informal
◊ When you say that your heart skipped a beat or that something made your heart skip a beat, it means that you suddenly became very surprised, excited, or nervous about something.
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When I learned I was on live television, my heart skipped a beat.
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The news was enough to make his heart skip a beat.
heavy heart
:
a feeling of sadness
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It is with a heavy heart that I bring you this bad news.
know your own heart
light heart
:
a feeling of happiness
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He left for home with a light heart.
lose heart
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to begin to feel that you cannot do something that you have been trying to do
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to become discouraged
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They never lost heart, even in the face of adversity.
lose your heart
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to fall in love with someone
— usually + to
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He met a beautiful woman and lost his heart.
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She lost her heart to a dashing young artist.
open your heart
1
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to talk in a very open and honest way about your feelings
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He opened his heart (to her) and told her how he really felt.
2
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to begin to be generous and kind
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We should all open our hearts and do something to help those poor children.
pour your heart out
sick at heart
:
very sad and upset
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The idea of children suffering from hunger made him sick at heart.
sing/dance/play (etc.) your heart out
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to sing/dance/play (etc.) with great energy or effort
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The band played their hearts out in hopes of winning the prize.
take heart
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to begin to feel better and more hopeful
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to stop feeling sad or discouraged
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Take heart; things will get better soon.
take (something) to heart
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to be deeply affected or hurt by (something)
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He took their criticism (very much) to heart.
to your heart's content
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until you feel satisfied
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as long or as much as you want
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They let him eat and drink to his heart's content.
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Let's go somewhere where we can talk to our hearts' content.
warm the cockles of your heart
with all your heart
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in a very sincere and deeply felt way
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I love him with all my heart.
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She tried with all her heart to please them.
your heart bleeds for
◊ If your heart bleeds for someone, you feel great sadness or pity for that person.
your heart leaps
◊ When your heart leaps, you become very happy or joyful about something.
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Our hearts leapt when we heard that she had won.
your heart melts
◊ When your heart melts, you begin to feel love, affection, or sympathy for someone or something.
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When he saw the puppies, his heart melted.
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It would have melted your heart to see her lying in that hospital bed.
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A warm smile melts the heart.
your heart sinks
◊ When your heart sinks, you become sad or disappointed about something.
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My heart sank when I saw the sad expression on her face.
