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heart meaning and definition

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HEART noun

Definition of heart (noun)

  1. the locus of feelings and intuitions
    • "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
    • synonyms: bosom
  2. 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"
    • synonyms: pump, ticker
  3. the courage to carry on
    • "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
    • synonyms: mettle, nerve, spunk
  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"
    • synonyms: center, centre, eye, middle
  5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  6. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
    • "he had a change of heart"
    • synonyms: spirit
  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"
  8. a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
    • "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
  9. a positive feeling of liking
  10. 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"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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