heart
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the locus of feelings and intuitions
in your heart you know it is true
Types & categories
- hunch hypernym
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- internal organ hypernym
- athlete's heart hyponym
- biauriculate heart hyponym
Parts & wholes
- circulatory system part holonym
- coronary artery part meronym
- cardiac muscle part meronym
- heart valve part meronym
- valve part meronym
Sense 3 noun
the courage to carry on
he kept fighting on pure spunk
Types & categories
- courage hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
it is in the center of town
Types & categories
- area hypernym
- center stage hyponym
- city center hyponym
- storm center hyponym
- financial center hyponym
- hub hyponym
- inner city hyponym
- medical center hyponym
- midfield hyponym
- seat hyponym
- midstream hyponym
- the City instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- bare bones hyponym
- hypostasis hyponym
- haecceity hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- stuff hyponym
Related & opposite
- summate derivation
- pithy derivation
- all-importanta derivation
- cardinal derivation
- meaty derivation
Sense 6 noun
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
he had a change of heart
Types & categories
- disposition hypernym
Sense 7 noun
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
Types & categories
- plane figure hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
a five-pound beef heart will serve six
Types & categories
- variety meat hypernym
Sense 9 noun
a positive feeling of liking
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- attachment hyponym
- protectiveness hyponym
- regard hyponym
- soft spot hyponym
Related & opposite
- fond derivation
- warm derivation
- hearty derivation
- warmhearted derivation
Sense 10 noun
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
he led the queen of hearts
Types & categories
- playing card hypernym
Parts & wholes
- major suit member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hunch |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | circulatory system |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | coronary artery |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cardiac muscle |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | heart valve |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | valve |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | internal organ |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | athlete's heart |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | biauriculate heart |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | steel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nervy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | game |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spunky |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | courage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | middle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | central |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | centric |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | center stage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | city center |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm center |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | financial center |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hub |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | inner city |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | medical center |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | midfield |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | seat |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | midstream |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | the City |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | summate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pithy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaty |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bones |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypostasis |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | haecceity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | disposition |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | plane figure |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | variety meat |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | fond |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | warm |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | hearty |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | warmhearted |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | attachment |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | protectiveness |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | regard |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft spot |
| 10 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | major suit |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing card |