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HEART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
Example:
hearts were trumps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Holonyms ("heart" is a member of...):
major suit ((bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind
Example:
he had a change of heart
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The courage to carry on
Example:
you haven't got the heart for baseball
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
braveness; bravery; courage; courageousness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Example:
he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)
Meronyms (parts of "heart"):
valve (a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it)
cardiac valve; heart valve (a valve to control one-way flow of blood)
cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)
arteria coronaria; coronary artery (the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart"):
athlete's heart (enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance)
biauriculate heart (a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles)
Holonyms ("heart" is a part of...):
cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The locus of feelings and intuitions
Example:
her story would melt your bosom
Synonyms:
bosom; heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
hunch; intuition; suspicion (an impression that something might be the case)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example:
the nub of the story
Synonyms:
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart"):
bare bones ((plural) the most basic facts or elements)
hypostasis ((metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality)
haecceity; quiddity (the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other)
quintessence (the purest and most concentrated essence of something)
stuff (a critically important or characteristic component)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A positive feeling of liking
Example:
the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
Synonyms:
affection; affectionateness; fondness; heart; philia; tenderness; warmheartedness; warmness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart"):
soft spot (a sentimental affection)
regard; respect (a feeling of friendship and esteem)
protectiveness (a feeling of protective affection)
attachment; fond regard (a feeling of affection for a person or an institution)
Derivation:
hearty (showing warm and heartfelt friendliness)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
Example:
a five-pound beef heart will serve six
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
organs; variety meat (edible viscera of a butchered animal)
Sense 9
Meaning:
An area that is approximately central within some larger region
Example:
they were in the eye of the storm
Synonyms:
center; centre; eye; heart; middle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart"):
center stage; centre stage (the central area on a theater stage)
central city; city center; city centre (the central part of a city)
storm center; storm centre (the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm)
financial center (the part of a city where financial institutions are centered)
hub (a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve)
inner city (the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city)
medical center (the part of a city where medical facilities are centered)
midfield ((sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse))
seat (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised))
midstream (the middle of a stream)
Instance hyponyms:
City of London; the City (the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
Example:
he drew a heart and called it a valentine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("heart" is a kind of...):
plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)
Context examples:
In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But his heart began its warning thump, thump, thump.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He didn’t, but he will, an’ he’ll break that squarehead’s heart, or it’s little I know iv the ways iv men on the ships iv the sea.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
With all my heart, said Hans: but as you are so kind to me, I must tell you one thing—you will have a weary task to draw that silver about with you.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
My suggestion is that you and I go to-night and see if we can strike at the very heart of the mystery.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I came away with that upon my heart, that I could have wept too.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Through all this sneering talk, I was made to feel the threat of death that overhung me, and my cheeks burned and my heart beat painfully in my breast.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was an evening to raise a man's heart.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My heart was full, and I did not answer him, but as I proceeded, I weighed the various arguments that he had used and determined at least to listen to his tale.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Why, bless her kindly heart, if I haven’t turned her from pink to white.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
