Definition of "heart" in Anglais

noun

1. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

2. (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

   • She has a cold heart.

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.

   • a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

4. Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.

   • The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
   • "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.

5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

6. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

   • Listen, dear heart, we must go now.

7. (obsolete, except in the phrase "by heart") Memory.

   • I know almost every Beatles song by heart.

8. (figurative) A wight or being.

9. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.

10. (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

11. (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

12. (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.

    • That is the heart of the matter
    • The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest.
    • Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.

verb

1. (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

   • 2006, Susan Reinhardt, Bulldog doesn't have to rely on the kindness of strangers to draw attention, Citizen-Times.com I guess at this point we were supposed to feel elated she'd come to her senses and decided she hearts dogs after all.
   • 2008 July 25, "The Media Hearts Obama?", On The Media, National Public Radio

2. (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).

   • She hearted my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.