Heart Definition

härt
hearts
noun
hearts
The hollow, muscular organ in a vertebrate animal that receives blood from the veins and pumps it through the arteries by alternate dilation and contraction.
Webster's New World
An analogous part in most invertebrate animals.
Webster's New World
The part of the human body thought of as containing the heart; breast; bosom.
Webster's New World
The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs.
An appeal from the heart; a subject dear to her heart.
American Heritage
The human heart considered as the center or source of emotions, personality attributes, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
hearts
To have great liking or affection for.
I heart chocolate chip cookies!
American Heritage
To hearten, or encourage.
Webster's New World
To have great liking or affection for.
I heart chocolate chip cookies!
American Heritage
To encourage; hearten.
American Heritage

(poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
at heart
  • In one's deepest feelings; fundamentally.
American Heritage
by heart
  • Learned by rote; memorized word for word.
American Heritage
do (one's) heart good
  • To lift one's spirits; make one happy.
American Heritage
from the bottom
  • With the deepest appreciation; most sincerely.
American Heritage
have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
  • To be extremely frightened or anxious.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Heart

Noun

Singular:
heart
Plural:
hearts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Heart

Origin of Heart

  • From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”). Germanic cognates: see *hertô. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin cor, cordis, Greek καρδιά (kardiá), Welsh craidd, Irish croí, Armenian սիրտ (sirt), Russian сердце (serdce), Lithuanian širdis and Albanian kërthizë (“navel, central spot”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hert from Old English heorte kerd- in Indo-European roots V., sense 1, from the use of a heart shape to represent the verb love originally between the letters I and NY in merchandise meant to be read I love New York.

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English hert from Old English heorte kerd- in Indo-European roots V., sense 1, from the use of a heart shape to represent the verb love originally between the letters I and NY in merchandise meant to be read I love New York.

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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