EGAVE

heart

About 128.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
  2. noun One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
    She has a cold heart.
  3. noun The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
    a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart
  4. noun Compassion.
    If she had any heart she'd forgive me.
  5. noun Affection
    The chorus's singing won the hearts of the audience.
  6. noun Disposition
    They didn't take the remarks in good heart.
  7. noun Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
    The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
  8. noun Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

Similar words

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Often followed by

of and disease is to was rate failure attack

Word family

Heart big heart big hearts hearted hearting hearts

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