Heart

[n] a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the queen of hearts"
[n] an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
[n] the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
[n] the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
[n] the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
[n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
[n] a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"
[n] a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
[n] an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
[n] a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"

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Synonyms

affection, affectionateness, bosom, center, center, centre, core, essence, eye, fondness, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, mettle, middle, nerve, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, pump, spirit, spunk, substance, sum, tenderness, ticker, warm

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