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n. (cognition) | 1. bosom, heart | the locus of feelings and intuitions.; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" |
| ~ hunch, suspicion, intuition | an impression that something might be the case.; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
n. (body) | 2. heart, pump, ticker | 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" |
| ~ internal organ, viscus | a main organ that is situated inside the body. |
| ~ arteria coronaria, coronary artery | the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart. |
| ~ athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance. |
| ~ biauriculate heart | a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles. |
| ~ cardiac muscle, heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction. |
| ~ cardiac valve, heart valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood. |
| ~ valve | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it. |
| ~ cardiovascular system, circulatory system | the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body. |
n. (attribute) | 3. heart, mettle, nerve, spunk | the courage to carry on.; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" |
| ~ braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. |
n. (location) | 4. center, centre, eye, heart, middle | an area that is approximately central within some larger region.; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" |
| ~ area, country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).; "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" |
| ~ center stage, centre stage | the central area on a theater stage. |
| ~ central city, city center, city centre | the central part of a city. |
| ~ storm center, storm centre | the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm. |
| ~ financial center | the part of a city where financial institutions are centered. |
| ~ hub | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve.; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area" |
| ~ inner city | the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city. |
| ~ medical center | the part of a city where medical facilities are centered. |
| ~ midfield | (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse). |
| ~ seat | a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised). |
| ~ city of london, the city | the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London. |
| ~ midstream | the middle of a stream. |
n. (cognition) | 5. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements.; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" |
| ~ hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality. |
| ~ haecceity, quiddity | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other. |
| ~ quintessence | the purest and most concentrated essence of something. |
| ~ stuff | a critically important or characteristic component.; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" |
n. (attribute) | 6. heart, spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind.; "he had a change of heart" |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
n. (shape) | 7. heart | 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" |
| ~ plane figure, two-dimensional figure | a two-dimensional shape. |
n. (food) | 8. heart | a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal).; "a five-pound beef heart will serve six" |
| ~ organs, variety meat | edible viscera of a butchered animal. |
n. (feeling) | 9. affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | a positive feeling of liking.; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ attachment, fond regard | a feeling of affection for a person or an institution. |
| ~ protectiveness | a feeling of protective affection. |
| ~ regard, respect | a feeling of friendship and esteem.; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" |
| ~ soft spot | a sentimental affection.; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son" |
n. (artifact) | 10. heart | 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" |
| ~ major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
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