heart
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- n the locus of feelings and intuitions
in your heart you know it is true - n the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
he stood still, his heart thumping wildly - n the courage to carry on
you haven't got the heart for baseball - n an area that is approximately central within some larger region
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle - n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the heart and soul of the Republican Party - n an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
he had a change of heart - 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 - n a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
a five-pound beef heart will serve six - n a positive feeling of liking
the child won everyone's heart - n a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
he led the queen of hearts
hearts were trumps
- Students who drink too much may be setting themselves up for heart problems later on.
- By all appearances, the patient was dead on arrival, evidently from a heart attack.
- The heart is a hollow muscular basket which begins to beat about ten days after conception and stops only with death.