love
- n a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
his love for his work
children need a lot of love - n any object of warm affection or devotion;
the theater was her first love - n a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- n a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
she was his first love - n a score of zero in tennis or squash
it was 40 love - n sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
his lovemaking disgusted her
he hadn't had any love in months
he has a very complicated love life - v have a great affection or liking for
I love French food
She loves her boss and works hard for him - v get pleasure from
I love cooking - v be enamored or in love with
She loves her husband deeply - v have sexual intercourse with
love-in-a-mist
- n tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
- n chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
- n European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers
love-in-idleness
- n a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
love-in-winter
- n Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
love-lies-bleeding
- n young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
love-philter
- n a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it