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📖 Определения и значения для слова heart

📒 the organ in the chest that sends blood around the body, usually on the left in humans

  • The patient's heart stopped beating for a few seconds.
  • I could feel my heart pounding in my chest (= because of excitement, etc.).
  • to have a weak heart

📒 the outside part of the chest where the heart is

  • She clasped the photo to her heart.

📒 a thing that is like a heart in shape, often red and used as a symbol of love; a symbol like a heart used to mean the verb ‘love’

  • The words ‘I love you’ were written inside a big red heart.
  • She was drawing hearts on the cover of a loose-leaf binder.

📒 the place in a person where the feelings and emotions are thought to be, especially those connected with love

  • She has a kind heart.
  • Have you no heart?
  • He returned with a heavy heart (= sad).

📒 having the type of character or personality mentioned

  • simple-hearted
  • pure-hearted
  • generous-hearted

📒 the most important part of something

  • heart of something the heart of the matter/problem
  • The committee's report went to the heart of the government's dilemma.
  • at the heart of something The distinction between right and wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality.

📒 the part that is in the centre of something

  • heart of something a quiet hotel in the very heart of the city
  • at the/its heart an open space with a small arena at the heart
  • Manchester contains at its heart a rather extended commercial district.

📒 the smaller leaves in the middle of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.

📒 one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards, with red heart symbols on them

  • the queen of hearts
  • Hearts is/are trumps.

📒 one card from the suit called hearts

  • Who played that heart?

📒 used to say that when you are away from somebody that you love, you love them even more

📒 used to say what somebody is really like even though they may seem to be something different

  • He's still a socialist at heart.

📒 if something is etched on your heart, memory, etc. you remember it because it has made a strong impression on you

📒 to make somebody feel very unhappy

  • She broke his heart when she called off the engagement.
  • It breaks my heart to see you like this.

📒 using only your memory

  • I've seen the show so often I know all the songs by heart.
  • She's learnt the whole speech off by heart.

📒 if you have a change of heart, your attitude towards something changes, usually making you feel more friendly, helpful, etc.

  • Dan did not want to get married but recently he’s had a change of heart.
  • He said he's not coming, but he might have a change of heart.

📒 having a lot of importance and interest for somebody

📒 used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise

  • I saw him do it—cross my heart.

📒 used to compare two things and say that one of them is better

  • Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even better than Fred Astaire).

📒 to be able or willing to do something

  • Can you find it in your heart to forgive her?
  • He couldn't find it in himself to trust anyone again.

📒 in a way that is sincere

  • I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life.
  • It was clearly an offer that came from the heart.
  • I could tell he spoke from the heart.

📒 to make somebody feel positive, especially when they thought that they had no chance of achieving something

📒 to give your love to one person

📒 used to ask somebody to be kind and/or reasonable

  • Have a heart! I’ve nowhere else to stay!

📒 to be a very kind person

📒 to be a person who does not show other people sympathy

📒 to want somebody to be happy and successful even though your actions may not show this

  • Although he was sometimes too strict with his children, he had their best interests at heart.

📒 to be very dear to somebody

  • He'll always have a place in my heart.

📒 with a lot of energy and enthusiasm

  • They threw themselves heart and soul into the project.

📒 used to say that you do not feel sympathy for somebody

  • ‘I have to go to Brazil on business.’ ‘My heart bleeds for you!’

📒 used to say that you feel a lot of sympathy for somebody

  • Our hearts go out to the families of the victims.

📒 somebody feels nervous or frightened about something

  • My heart was in my mouth as I opened the envelope.

📒 used to say that somebody’s intentions are kind and sincere even though they sometimes do the wrong thing

📒 used to say that you are not very interested in or enthusiastic about something

  • Her heart isn't in her job.

📒 used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of happiness or excitement

  • My heart leapt at the news.
  • Her heart leaped with joy.

📒 used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of fear, excitement, etc.

  • My heart missed a beat when I saw who it was.

📒 used to say that somebody suddenly feels sad or depressed about something

  • My heart sank when I saw how much work there was left.
  • She watched him go with a sinking heart.

📒 a home is where the people you love are

📒 happy and cheerful

📒 if you know something in your heart, you have a strong feeling that it is true

  • She knew in her heart of hearts that she was making the wrong decision.
  • In my heart, I knew it wasn't true.

📒 it makes somebody feel happy when they see or hear something

  • It does my heart good to see the old place being taken care of so well.

📒 to act according to what you feel rather than to what you think is sensible

📒 to stop hoping for something or trying to do something because you no longer feel confident

📒 to fall in love with somebody/something

📒 a man/woman who likes the same things or has the same opinions as you

📒 to be unable to do something because you know that it will make somebody sad or upset

📒 using only your memory

  • She's learnt the whole speech off by heart.
  • I've seen the show so often I know all the songs by heart.

📒 because of kind feelings, without thinking about what advantage there will be for you

  • You're not telling me he offered to lend you the money out of the goodness of his heart?

📒 to tell somebody all your problems, feelings, etc.

  • Finally, he broke down in tears and poured out his heart to her.

📒 to want something very much

  • They’ve set their heart on a house in the country.

📒 very unhappy or disappointed

📒 to cry noisily for a long time because you are very sad

  • She flung herself at his chest and sobbed her heart out.

📒 to make somebody fall in love with you

📒 to make somebody be afraid, etc.

  • The sound of gunfire struck fear into the hearts of the villagers.

📒 to feel more positive about something, especially when you thought that you had no chance of achieving something

  • The government can take heart from the latest opinion polls.

📒 to be very upset by something that somebody says or does

  • You shouldn’t take everything he says to heart.

📒 to strongly affect you in an emotional way

📒 to destroy the most important part or aspect of something

  • Closing the factory tore the heart out of the community.

📒 as much as you want

  • a supervised play area where children can run around to their heart’s content

📒 to make somebody feel happy or sympathetic

  • Doesn’t that story just warm the cockles of your heart?

📒 the way to make somebody like or love you

  • The way to a man's heart is through his stomach (= by giving him good food).

📒 to allow your feelings to be seen by other people

  • He’s not one to wear his heart on his sleeve.

📒 if a person does not know about something that they would normally think was bad, then it cannot hurt them

  • What does it matter if I use his flat while he’s away? What the eye doesn’t see…!

📒 to make somebody love you

📒 completely

  • I hope with all my heart that things work out for you.
  • I wish you well with all my heart.

📒 thinking and behaving like a young person even when you are old

  • My father is 76 but he’s still young at heart.
  • He's over 70, but he's young at heart.
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