heart

n 1: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you

know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"

[syn: {bosom}]

2: the hollow muscular organ whose rhythmic contractions pump

blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart

thumping wildly" [syn: {pump}, {ticker}]

3: the courage to carry on: "he kept fighting on pure spunk";

"you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: {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" [syn: {center}, {centre}, {middle}, {eye}]

5: 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" [syn: {kernel}, {substance},

{core}, {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {inwardness}, {marrow},

{meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]

6: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a

change of heart" [syn: {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" [syn:

{affection}, {affectionateness}, {fondness}, {tenderness},

{warmheartedness}]

10: a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the

queen of hearts"