heart

heart
heart ► NOUN 1) a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2) the central, innermost, or vital part: the heart of the city. 3) a person's feeling of or capacity for love or compassion. 4) mood or feeling: a change of heart. 5) courage or enthusiasm. 6) a symbolic representation of a heart with two equal curves meeting at a point at the bottom and a cusp at the top. 7) (hearts) one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards, denoted by a red symbol of a heart.
● after one's own heart — Cf. ↑after one's own heart
● at heart — Cf. ↑at heart
● break someone's heart — Cf. ↑break someone's heart
● by heart — Cf. ↑by heart
● close (or dear) to one's heart — Cf. ↑dear to one's heart
● from the (or the bottom of one's) heart — Cf. ↑from the heart
● have a heart — Cf. ↑have a heart
● have a heart of gold — Cf. ↑have a heart of gold
● have one's heart in one's mouth — Cf. ↑have one's heart in one's mouth
● have one's heart in the right place — Cf. ↑have one's heart in the right place
● one's heart's desire — Cf. ↑one's heart's desire
● one's heartstrings — Cf. ↑one's heartstrings
● in one's heart of hearts — Cf. ↑in one's heart of hearts
● take to heart — Cf. ↑take to heart
● wear one's hea rt on one's sleeve — Cf. ↑wear one's hea rt on one's sleeve
ORIGIN Old English.

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