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1. 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";
   - pump, ticker [informal]
    
2. The locus of feelings and intuitions
   "in your heart you know it is true";
   - bosom
    
3. The courage to carry on
   "you haven't got the heart for baseball";
   - mettle, nerve, spunk [informal]
    
4. [Brit] An area that is approximately central within some larger region
   "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle";
   - center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], middle, eye
    
5. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
   - kernel, substance, core, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
    
6. An inclination or tendency of a certain kind
   "he had a change of heart";
   - spirit
    
7. 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"
    
8. A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
   "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
    
9. A positive feeling of liking
   "the child won everyone's heart";
   - affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
    
10. 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"

Sounds like: heard, heart

Derived forms: hearts

Type of: area, bottle [Brit, informal], braveness, bravery, cognitive content, content, country, courage, courageousness, disposition, feeling, hunch, internal organ, intuition, mental object, organs, plane figure, playing card, suspicion, temperament, two-dimensional figure, variety meat, viscus

Part of: cardiovascular system, circulatory system, major suit

Encyclopedia: Heart, Soul & a Voice