heart

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]

One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

She has a cold heart.

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, / And in his eies the furies of his heart, / That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, / And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.

Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.

The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.

Eve, recovering heart, replied.

Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

Both theſe unhappy Soils the Swain forbears, / And keeps a Sabbath of alternate Years: / That the ſpent Earth may gather heart again; / And, better'd by Ceſſation, bear the Grain.

To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

We're but the sum of all our terrors until we heart the dove.

2006, Susan Reinhardt, Bulldog doesn't have to rely on the kindness of strangers to draw attention, Citizen-Times.com I guess at this point we were supposed to feel elated she'd come to her senses and decided she hearts dogs after all.

To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).

She hearted my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.

To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

[…]My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason.

To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

A surname.