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Commonheart
The correct spelling is heart.
How to pronounce heart
/hɑːt/
nounIPA: /hɑːt/
Say it like: Hee-rt
The correct spelling is heart. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. For example: "The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart."
Usage Examples
“The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.”
“a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart”
“Listen, dear heart, we must go now.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- 2.Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
- 3.The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- 4.Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
- 5.Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
verb
- 1.To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
- 2.To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
- 3.To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- 4.To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
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