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Heart

noun

1.

The locus of feelings and intuitions. Synonym: bosom. "Her story would melt your bosom"

2.

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. Synonyms: pump, ticker.

3.

The courage to carry on. Synonyms: mettle, nerve, spunk. "You haven't got the heart for baseball"

4.

An area that is approximately central within some larger region. Synonyms: center, centre, eye, middle. "They ran forward into the heart of the struggle" , "They were in the eye of the storm"

5.

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum. "The heart and soul of the Republican Party" , "The nub of the story"

6.

An inclination or tendency of a certain kind. Synonym: 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.

8.

A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal).

9.

A positive feeling of liking. Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness. "The child won everyone's heart" , "The warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

10.

A playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it. "Hearts were trumps"

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"Heart" Quotes from Famous Books

... musician plays treble and bass on the pianoforte, it would seem to connect the rider's thought with the horse's movement, as if an electric chain passed through wrist, and finger and mouth, from the head of the one to the heart of ...

— The Horsewoman - A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. • Alice M. Hayes

... a few words on each side—contemptuous taunts, and sharp accusations, on the one side,—low, patient replies on the other. Then came a gleam of something flashing in the dim light, and the dagger of the visitor was sheathed in the pale prisoner's heart. ...

— The White Rose of Langley - A Story of the Olden Time • Emily Sarah Holt

... said. "That is what I consider most of all. And, as for uncle, I know—I KNOW he would never consent. His heart is set on ...

— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln

... vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came ...

— Donal Grant • George MacDonald

... the Uzcoques, had been cut and thrown down. Desirous of escaping from this scene of confusion, the young painter was making his way towards the quay, close to which his gondola was waiting, when his heart suddenly leaped within him at the sight of a muffled figure that passed near him, and in which he thought he recognized the mysterious old woman who had of late occupied so much of his thoughts. She was followed by ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844 • Various

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