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English Dictionary: Heart by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Heart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heart
n
  1. the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
    Synonym(s): heart, bosom
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): heart, pump, ticker
  3. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
    Synonym(s): heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
  4. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
    Synonym(s): center, centre, middle, heart, eye
  5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
    Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty
  6. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
    Synonym(s): heart, spirit
  7. 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"
  8. a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
  9. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
    Synonym(s): affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
  10. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heart \Heart\, n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to
      OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel.
      hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[a1]rt[?], Lith. szirdis, Russ.
      serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. [?], [?] [?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Accord}, {Discord}, {Cordial}, 4th {Core}, {Courage}.]
      1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
            rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
  
                     Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak.
  
      Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is
               four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being
               completely separated from the left auricle and
               ventricle; and the blood flows from the systematic
               veins to the right auricle, thence to the right
               ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then
               returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left
               ventricle, from which it is driven into the systematic
               arteries. See Illust. under {Aorta}. In fishes there
               are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being
               pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the
               system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most
               amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles
               is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles
               also are separated more or less completely. The
               so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians,
               reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump
               the lymph into the veins.
  
      2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively
            or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the
            like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; --
            usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the
            better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all
            our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and
            character; the moral affections and character itself; the
            individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender,
            loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
  
                     Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson.
  
      3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and
            within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or
            system; the source of life and motion in any organization;
            the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of
            energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country,
            of a tree, etc.
  
                     Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak.
  
                     Peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  
                     Eve, recovering heart, replied.         --Milton.
  
                     The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly
                     from one country invade another.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile
            production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  
                     That the spent earth may gather heart again.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a
            roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point
            at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation,
            -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
  
      7. One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the
            figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
  
      8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
  
                     And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak.
  
      9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
            [bd]I speak to thee, my heart.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need
               no special explanation; as, heart-appalling,
               heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled,
               heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened,
               heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
               heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-stirring,
               heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole,
               heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
  
      {After one's own heart}, conforming with one's inmost
            approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
  
                     The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.
                                                                              --1 Sam. xiii.
                                                                              14.
  
      {At heart}, in the inmost character or disposition; at
            bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
  
      {By heart}, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to
            know or learn by heart. [bd]Composing songs, for fools to
            get by heart[b8] (that is, to commit to memory, or to
            learn thoroughly). --Pope.
  
      {For my heart}, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.]
            [bd]I could not get him for my heart to do it.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Heart bond} (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone
            stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the
            middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid
            header fashion. --Knight.
  
      {Heart and hand}, with enthusiastic co[94]peration.
  
      {Heart hardness}, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling;
            moral insensibility. --Shak.
  
      {Heart heaviness}, depression of spirits. --Shak.
  
      {Heart point} (Her.), the fess point. See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Heart rising}, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
  
      {Heart shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine, bivalve shell of the
            genus {Cardium} and allied genera, having a heart-shaped
            shell; esp., the European {Isocardia cor}; -- called also
            {heart cockle}.
  
      {Heart sickness}, extreme depression of spirits.
  
      {Heart and soul}, with the utmost earnestness.
  
      {Heart urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea
            urchin. See {Spatangoid}.
  
      {Heart wheel}, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See {Cam}.
           
  
      {In good heart}, in good courage; in good hope.
  
      {Out of heart}, discouraged.
  
      {Poor heart}, an exclamation of pity.
  
      {To break the heart of}.
            (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be
                  utterly cast down by sorrow.
            (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly;
                  -- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the
                  heart of the task.
  
      {To find in the heart}, to be willing or disposed. [bd]I
            could find in my heart to ask your pardon.[b8] --Sir P.
            Sidney.
  
      {To have at heart}, to desire (anything) earnestly.
  
      {To have in the heart}, to purpose; to design or intend to
            do.
  
      {To have the heart in the mouth}, to be much frightened.
  
      {To lose heart}, to become discouraged.
  
      {To lose one's heart}, to fall in love.
  
      {To set the heart at rest}, to put one's self at ease.
  
      {To set the heart upon}, to fix the desires on; to long for
            earnestly; to be very fond of.
  
      {To take heart of grace}, to take courage.
  
      {To take to heart}, to grieve over.
  
      {To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve}, to expose one's
            feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
  
      {With all one's whole heart}, very earnestly; fully;
            completely; devotedly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heart \Heart\, v. t.
      To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.
      [Obs.]
  
               My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heart \Heart\, v. i.
      To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Heart
      According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of
      spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life.
      "Heart" and "soul" are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5;
      26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not
      generally the case.
     
         The heart is the "home of the personal life," and hence a man
      is designated, according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12,
      etc.), pure (Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8, etc.), upright and righteous
      (Gen. 20:5, 6; Ps. 11:2; 78:72), pious and good (Luke 8:15),
      etc. In these and such passages the word "soul" could not be
      substituted for "heart."
     
         The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom. 2:15). It
      is naturally wicked (Gen. 8:21), and hence it contaminates the
      whole life and character (Matt. 12:34; 15:18; comp. Eccl. 8:11;
      Ps. 73:7). Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Ezek.
      36:26; 11:19; Ps. 51:10-14), before a man can willingly obey
      God.
     
         The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing
      reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that
      testimony hardens the heart (Ps. 95:8; Prov. 28:14; 2 Chr.
      36:13). "Hardness of heart evidences itself by light views of
      sin; partial acknowledgment and confession of it; pride and
      conceit; ingratitude; unconcern about the word and ordinances of
      God; inattention to divine providences; stifling convictions of
      conscience; shunning reproof; presumption, and general ignorance
      of divine things."
     
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