heart : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the ace in the heart suit
  

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• conforming with one's inmost approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.

  The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. 1 Sam. xiii. 14.

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• noun the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower
  

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• noun a pump that replaces the natural heart
  

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• adverb in reality
  in spite of appearance; inside; deep down; at bottom.
  
  • she is very kind at heart

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• in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.

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• noun enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance
  

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• noun the upper chamber of each half of the heart
  atrium cordis.
  

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• noun a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles
  

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• noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
  lyre-flower; Dicentra spectabilis; lyreflower.
  
• noun someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
  

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• verb cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody
  
  • The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend

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• noun devastating sorrow and despair
  
  • he is recovering from a broken heart
  • a broken heart languishes here

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit
  bullock's heart; Annona reticulata; bullock heart.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit
  bullock's heart; Annona reticulata; bullock heart.
  
• noun large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
  Jamaica apple.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit
  bullock's heart; Annona reticulata; bullock heart.
  

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• adverb by committing to memory
  by memory.
  
  • she knew the poem by heart

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• in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to know or learn by heart. "Composing songs, for fools to get by heart" (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn thoroughly). Pope.

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• noun heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened)
  

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• noun a birth defect involving the heart
  

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• noun inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues
  

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• noun a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart
  

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• noun an abnormal enlargement of the heart
  cardiomegaly; megacardia; megalocardia.
  
  • mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes

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False"-heart` adjective

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1. False-hearted. Shak.

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• etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.

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• (Bot.), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds.

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• for my life; if my life were at stake. Obs. "I could not get him for my heart to do it." Shak.

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• adverb very sincerely
  
  • he spoke from the heart

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• (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodioei, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa.

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• with enthusiastic coöperation.

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• noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
  
  • the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  • the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  • the nub of the story
• adverb with complete faith
  body and soul.
  
  • she was with him heart and soul

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• with the utmost earnestness.

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• noun a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
  

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• noun recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
  atrioventricular block; Stokes-Adams syndrome; Adams-Stokes syndrome.
  

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• (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. Knight.

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• noun any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
  oxheart; oxheart cherry.
  
• noun large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh
  oxheart; oxheart cherry.
  

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• noun a disease of the heart
  cardiopathy.
  

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• noun inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
  coronary failure.
  

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• hardness of heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. Shak.

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• depression of spirits. Shak.

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• noun a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
  heart line; love line; mensal line.
  

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• noun an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest
  cardiac massage.
  

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• noun a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart
  cardiac monitor.
  

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• noun an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
  cardiac murmur; murmur.
  

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• noun the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
  cardiac muscle.
  

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• noun a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
  Camellia State; Alabama; AL.
  

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• noun woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America
  balloon vine; Cardiospermum halicacabum.
  

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• (Her.), the fess point. See Escutcheon.

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• noun the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
  pulse rate; pulse.
  

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• noun the rhythm of a beating heart
  cardiac rhythm.
  

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• a rising of the heart, as in opposition.

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• (Zoöl.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell; esp., the European Isocardia cor; called also heart cockle.

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• extreme depression of spirits.

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• noun a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
  heart specialist; cardiologist.
  

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• noun a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
  heart specialist; cardiologist.
  

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• noun any surgical procedure involving the heart
  

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• noun sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell
  

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• (Zoöl.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea urchin. See Spatangoid.

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• noun a valve to control one-way flow of blood
  cardiac valve.
  
• noun an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve
  

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• noun a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
  ventricle.
  

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• a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam.

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Heart's"-ease` noun

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1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.

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Heart"-eat`ing adjective

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1. Preying on the heart.

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• adjective satellite of foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease
  

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• noun wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
  Asarum shuttleworthii; heartleaf.
  
• noun evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina
  Asarum virginicum; heartleaf.
  

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• noun perennial wood aster of eastern North America
  Aster cordifolius.
  

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• noun a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body
  

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Heart"-rob`bing adjective

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1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.
2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf) shaped like a heart
  cordate; cordiform.
  

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Heart"-spoon` noun

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1. A part of the breastbone. Obs.

   He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.

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• noun an intimate talk in private
  
  • he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart
• adjective satellite openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
  candid; open.
  
  • his candid eyes
  • an open and trusting nature
  • a heart-to-heart talk

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• adjective satellite with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
  whole-souled; wholehearted.
  
  • heart-whole friendship
  • gave wholehearted support to her candidacy
  • wholehearted commitment
  • demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance

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Heart"-whole` adjective

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1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
3. Of a single and sincere heart.

   If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.

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Heart"-wound`ed adjective

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1. Wounded to the heart with love or grief. Pope.

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• in good courage; in good hope.

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• noun a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success
  Jarvik artificial heart.
  

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• noun a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success
  Jarvik artificial heart.
  

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• noun the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins
  atrium sinistrum; left atrium.
  

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• gay, cheerful.

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• noun a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
  heart line; love line; mensal line.
  

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Li"on-heart` noun

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1. A very brave person.

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• . See Note under Heart, n., 1.

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• (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.

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• noun heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired
  

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• noun a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  Order of the Purple Heart.
  

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• discouraged.

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• an exclamation of pity.

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Pseu"do-heart` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.

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• noun a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  Order of the Purple Heart.
  
• noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
  phenobarbitone; sodium thiopental; phenobarbital; Luminal.
  

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• noun heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood
  

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• noun the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
  atrium dextrum; right atrium.
  

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• verb gain courage
  buck up.
  

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• verb get down to; pay attention to; take seriously
  attend to.
  
  • Attend to your duties, please

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• to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief.

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• . (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly; said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the heart of the task.

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• to think; to reflect; to meditate.

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• to make free, liberal, and charitable.

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• to be willing or disposed. "I could find in my heart to ask your pardon." Sir P. Sidney.

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• to commit to memory.

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• to desire (anything) earnestly.

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• to purpose; to design or intend to do.

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• to be much frightened.

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• to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.

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• . See By heart, under Heart.

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• to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. Sir W. Temple.

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• to become discouraged.
• to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay.

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• to fall in love.

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• to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

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• to put one's self at ease.

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• to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond of.

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• to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged.

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• to take courage.

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• to grieve over.

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• to expose one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.

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• noun heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation
  

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White"-heart` noun

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1. (Bot.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.

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• noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
  black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
  

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• very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.

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