Heart Definition
- sympathize
- empathize
- trouble oneself
- feel deeply
- be affected by
- take-umbrage
- take the wrong way
- be insulted
- take personally
- take seriously
- believe
- take-into-account
- lay to heart
- pith
- middle
(poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
- In one's deepest feelings; fundamentally.
- Learned by rote; memorized word for word.
- To lift one's spirits; make one happy.
- With the deepest appreciation; most sincerely.
- To be extremely frightened or anxious.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Heart
- at heart
- by heart
- do (one's) heart good
- from the bottom
- have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
- have (one's) heart in the right place
- heart and soul
- in (one's) heart of hearts
- lose (one's) heart to
- near
- steal (someone's) heart
- take to heart
- to (one's) heart's content
- wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
- with all (one's) heart
- with half a heart
- at heart
- by heart
- do (one's) heart good
- from the bottom
- have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
- have (one's) heart in the right place
- heart and soul
- in (one's) heart of hearts
- lose (one's) heart to
- near
- steal (someone's) heart
- take to heart
- to (one's) heart's content
- wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
- with all (one's) heart
- with half a heart
- after someone's own heart
- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- change of heart
- do someone's heart good
- eat one's heart out
- from (the bottom of) one's heart
- have a heart
- have one's heart in one's mouth
- have one's heart in the right place
- heart and soul
- in one's heart of hearts
- lose one's heart (to)
- near someone's heart
- not have the heart
- set someone's heart at rest
- set one's heart on
- steal someone's heart
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- with all one's heart
- with half a heart
Origin of Heart
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From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”). Germanic cognates: see *hertô. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin cor, cordis, Greek καρδιά (kardiá), Welsh craidd, Irish croí, Armenian սիրտ (sirt), Russian сердце (serdce), Lithuanian širdis and Albanian kërthizë (“navel, central spot”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English hert from Old English heorte kerd- in Indo-European roots V., sense 1, from the use of a heart shape to represent the verb love originally between the letters I and NY in merchandise meant to be read I love New York.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English hert from Old English heorte kerd- in Indo-European roots V., sense 1, from the use of a heart shape to represent the verb love originally between the letters I and NY in merchandise meant to be read I love New York.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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