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heart

The correct spelling is heart.

How to pronounce heart

/hɑːt/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
  2. 2.Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
  3. 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. 4.Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  5. 5.Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

verb

  1. 1.To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
  2. 2.To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
  3. 3.To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
  4. 4.To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

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