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say it: hahrt
heart is a noun meaning "the locus of feelings and intuitions". It carries 10 recorded senses.
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”
Canada · United Kingdom
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”
Canada · United Kingdom
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
“he had a change of 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”
a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
“a five-pound beef heart will serve six”
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”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for heart come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.