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US
/ˈhɑɹt/
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[ UK /hˈɑːt/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːt/ ]
NOUN
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the locus of feelings and intuitions
her story would melt your bosom
in your heart you know it is true -
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
they were in the eye of the storm
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
it is in the center of town -
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
he had a change of heart -
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
hearts were trumps
he led the queen of hearts -
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the nub of the story
the heart and soul of the Republican Party -
a positive feeling of liking
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
the child won everyone's heart -
a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
he drew a heart and called it a valentine -
a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
a five-pound beef heart will serve six -
the courage to carry on
he kept fighting on pure spunk
you haven't got the heart for baseball -
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
How To Use heart In A Sentence
- The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.
- A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
- Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
- Epsom showed a great deal of heart considering their lowly league position but there are days when courage counts for naught and this was one of them.
- So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
- Hale and hearty, though aged, strong-featured, with the tough and leathery skin produced by long years of sunbeat and weatherbeat, his was the unmistakable sea face and eyes; and at once there came to me a bit of Kipling's A Winner of the Victoria Cross
- Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
- I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
- He nearly had a heart attack himself. Times, Sunday Times
- I've given you the password to my heart in all its anagrammatic permutations; but you seem to insist this is nothing but a start; so herewith, at last comes the story of my first puppy— Spill
