heart

Definitions of heart in various dictionaries:

noun - the locus of feelings and intuitions

noun - the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs

noun - the courage to carry on

noun - an area that is approximately central within some larger region

noun - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

noun - an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

noun - a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom

noun - a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)

noun - a positive feeling of liking

noun - a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it

Anatomy.

The chambered, muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.

A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.

The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

The vital center and source of one’s being, emotions, and sensibilities.

The repository of one’s deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs: an appeal from the heart; a subject dear to her heart.

The seat of the intellect or imagination: the worst atrocities the human heart could devise.

Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character: a man after my own heart.

One’s prevailing mood or current inclination: We were light of heart.

Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.

Love; affection: The child won my heart.

Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.

The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn’t the heart to send them away without food.

A person esteemed or admired as lovable, loyal, or courageous: a dear heart.

The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.

The most important or essential part: get to the heart of the matter.

A conventionalized two-lobed representation of the heart, usually colored red or pink.

Games.

A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.

A playing card with this figure.

Often used to modify another noun : heart surgery; heart patients.

With great willingness or pleasure.

With the deepest feeling or devotion.

verb - to give courage to

HEART - The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. Blood provides the body with ox...