Hearst, William Randolph
Hearst, William Randolph

heart


Definition: Meaning of, heart in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɑːt /

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  1. body organ [countable] the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your body
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  2. emotions/love [countable] the part of you that feels strong emotions and feelings
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  3. your chest [countable usually singular] the part of your chest near your heart
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  4. shape [countable] a shape used to represent a heart
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  5. from the (bottom of your) heart with great sincerity and strength of feeling
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  6. in your heart (of hearts) if you know, feel, or believe something in your heart, you are secretly sure about it although you may not admit it
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  7. important part of something [singular] the most important or central part of a problem, question etc
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  8. encouragement [uncountable] confidence and courage
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  9. at heart if you are a particular kind of person at heart, that is the kind of person that you really are even though you may appear or behave differently
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  10. the centre of an area [countable] the middle part of an area furthest from the edge
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  11. close/dear to somebody's heart very important to someone
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  12. the hearts and minds of somebody the thoughts, emotions, and attitudes a group of people have about a particular subject, which is a combination of their strong emotional feelings and their calm and sensible thoughts
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  13. by heart when you know something by heart, you remember all of it exactly
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  14. somebody's heart sinks used to say that someone suddenly lost hope and began to feel unhappy
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  15. with all your heart with all your strength, energy, or emotion
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  16. take something to heart to consider what someone says to you very seriously, often because it upsets you
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  17. somebody's heart goes out to somebody used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person
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  18. card games [countable] a heart shape printed in red on a playing card
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  19. card games hearts [plural] the SUIT (= set) of playing cards that have these shapes on them
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  20. card games [countable] one of the cards in this set
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  21. do something to your heart's content to do something as much as you want
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  22. somebody's heart misses/skips a beat used to say that someone suddenly feels a moment of fear or excitement
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  23. set your heart on something to want something very much
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  24. a man/woman etc after my own heart someone who likes the same things or behaves in the same way that you do
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  25. cry/sing etc your heart out if you cry, sing etc your heart out, you do it with all your energy or emotion
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  26. your heart's desire/everything your heart could desire the one thing you want most, or everything that you could possibly want
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  27. not have the heart to do something to be unable to do something because it will make someone unhappy
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  28. somebody's heart isn't in it used to say that someone does not really want to do something
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  29. do something out of the goodness of your heart to do something out of kindness, not because you have been asked or expect a reward
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  30. take somebody to your heart if people take someone to their hearts, they like them very much
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  31. vegetable [countable] the firm middle part of some vegetables
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  32. give/lose your heart to somebody to start to love someone very much
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  33. my heart was in my mouth used to say that you suddenly felt very afraid
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  34. somebody's heart is in the right place informal used to say that someone is really a kind person and has the right feelings about something important
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  35. it does your heart good to see/hear something used to say that something makes you feel happy
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  36. somebody's heart leaps literary used to say that someone suddenly feels happy and full of hope
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  37. be in good heart formal to feel happy and confident
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  38. have a heart! used to tell someone not to be too strict or unkind - used humorously
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  39. know the way to somebody's heart to know the way to please someone - used humorously
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  40. my heart bleeds (for somebody) used to say that you do not really feel any sympathy towards someone
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heart used in phrases

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
    1. a book by Dee Brown which tells the story of the American West in a way that is sympathetic to the Native Americans
  • Heart of Darkness
    1. (1902) a book by Joseph CONRAD in which the main character, Marlow, travels on a river through Africa until he meets Kurtz, an educated white man who has stopped accepting Western values and has become the violent, powerful ruler of an African community
  • Heart of Dixie (noun)
    1. a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
  • Heart of England
    1. the Heart of England the central area of England, which is very industrial
  • Heart of India (noun)
    1. a state in central India
  • Jarvik artificial heart (noun)
    1. a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success
  • Jarvik heart (noun)
    1. a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success
  • Order of the Purple Heart (noun)
    1. a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  • Purple Heart (noun)
    1. a MEDAL given to US soldiers who have been wounded
  • artichoke heart (noun)
    1. the tender fleshy centre of the immature artichoke flower
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