heart
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
Other meanings
One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
“She has a cold heart.”
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
“a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "heorte".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “heart” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.