heart

heart

W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n

↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stomach, ↑vein, ↑throat

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1¦(body organ)¦

2¦(emotions/love)¦

3¦(your chest)¦

4¦(shape)¦

5 from the (bottom of your) heart

6 in your heart (of hearts)

7¦(important part of something)¦

8¦(encouragement)¦

9 at heart

10¦(the centre of an area)¦

11 close/dear to somebody's heart

12 by heart

13 somebody's heart sinks

14 with all your heart

15 take something to heart

16 somebody's heart goes out to somebody

17¦(card games)¦

18 do something to your heart's content

19 somebody's heart misses/skips a beat

20 set your heart on something

21 a man/woman etc after my own heart

22 cry/sing etc your heart out

23 your heart's desire/everything your heart could desire

24 not have the heart to do something

25 somebody's heart isn't in it

26 do something out of the goodness of your heart

27 take somebody to your heart

28¦(vegetable)¦

29 give/lose your heart to somebody

30 my heart was in my mouth

31 somebody's heart is in the right place

32 it does your heart good to see/hear something

33 somebody's heart leaps

34 be in good heart

35 have a heart!

36 know the way to somebody's heart

37 my heart bleeds (for somebody)

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[: Old English; Origin: heorte]

1.) ¦(BODY ORGAN)¦

the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your body

▪ Regular exercise is good for the heart.

▪ Can you hear my heart beating ?

▪ Her cheeks were hot and her heart was pounding .

▪ My heart raced . Were we going to land safely?

▪ Daniel had no history of heart problems .

▪ She suffers from a rare heart condition .

▪ His breathing and heart rate were now normal.

2.) ¦(EMOTIONS/LOVE)¦

the part of you that feels strong emotions and feelings

▪ His heart was full of anger and grief.

▪ The plight of the refugees had tugged at the nation's heart.

▪ The doctor had an extremely kind heart.

▪ She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart .

▪ It would break Kate's heart (=make her extremely sad) to leave the lovely old house.

▪ He left the country with a heavy heart (=great sadness) .

▪ Edith loved her boy with all her heart and soul .

▪ I was still pretty innocent then when it came to affairs of the heart (=matters relating to love and sex) .

▪ a woman with a heart of gold (=very kind character)

▪ Sometimes I think he's got a heart of stone (=very cruel character) .

▪ I'm glad I followed my heart rather than my head for once.

kind-hearted/cold-hearted/hard-hearted etc

(=having a kind, unkind, cruel etc character)

▪ He thinks of himself as a warm-hearted and caring human being.

3.) ¦(YOUR CHEST)¦ [C usually singular]

the part of your chest near your heart

▪ He put his hand on his heart.

4.) ¦(SHAPE)¦

a shape used to represent a heart

5.) from the (bottom of your) heart

with great sincerity and strength of feeling

▪ Leonard spoke from the heart.

▪ I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

▪ She sang the songs straight from the heart .

6.) in your heart (of hearts)

if you know, feel, or believe something in your heart, you are secretly sure about it although you may not admit it

▪ In her heart she knew she would never go.

▪ Deep in his heart , he wanted Laura back.

7.) ¦(IMPORTANT PART OF SOMETHING)¦ [singular]

the most important or central part of a problem, question etc

the heart of sth

▪ difficult issues at the heart of science policy

▪ We must get to the heart of the problem.

8.) ¦(ENCOURAGEMENT)¦[U]

confidence and courage

▪ This inspiring service gave us new heart .

▪ We mustn't lose heart when people complain.

▪ We've got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we won.

9.) at heart

if you are a particular kind of person at heart, that is the kind of person that you really are even though you may appear or behave differently

▪ He may be a working class boy at heart, but his lifestyle has been transformed.

▪ Let's face it, we're all romantics at heart.

→have sb's (best) interests at heart at ↑interest¹ (5)

→young at heart at ↑young¹ (5)

10.)¦(THE CENTRE OF AN AREA)¦

the middle part of an area furthest from the edge

in the heart of sth

▪ You're lucky to live in a house like this in the heart of London.

at the heart of sth

▪ an old house at the heart of an ancient forest

11.) close/dear to sb's heart

very important to someone

▪ The President liked to go to Williamsburg, a place close to his heart.

▪ Money is dear to Kathleen's heart.

12.) by heart

when you know something by heart, you remember all of it exactly

▪ After a few days of phoning Stephanie, he knew her number by heart.

▪ Actors have to learn their lines by heart.

13.) sb's heart sinks

used to say that someone suddenly lost hope and began to feel unhappy

▪ Her heart sank when she saw the number of books she had to read.

14.) with all your heart

with all your strength, energy, or emotion

▪ He hates Los Angeles with all his heart.

▪ We sang the hymn with all our hearts.

15.) take sth to heart

to consider what someone says to you very seriously, often because it upsets you

▪ Anne took his criticisms very much to heart.

▪ We took Stephen's warnings to heart.

16.) sb's heart goes out to sb

used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person

▪ My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

17.) ¦(CARD GAMES)¦

a)

a heart shape printed in red on a playing card

b) hearts [plural]

the ↑suit (=set) of playing cards that have these shapes on them

▪ the ace of hearts

c)

one of the cards in this set

▪ Have you got any hearts?

18.) do sth to your heart's content

to do something as much as you want

▪ She had lazed around the pool to her heart's content.

▪ The dog can run to its heart's content out there.

19.) sb's heart misses/skips a beat

used to say that someone suddenly feels a moment of fear or excitement

▪ His heart missed a beat as he saw the body of a small child at the water's edge.

20.) set your heart on sth

to want something very much

▪ His father bought him the bike he had set his heart on.

▪ She had set her heart on becoming a hairdresser.

21.) a man/woman etc after my own heart

someone who likes the same things or behaves in the same way that you do

▪ Geoff really is a man after my own heart.

22.) cry/sing etc your heart out

if you cry, sing etc your heart out, you do it with all your energy or emotion

▪ He found me crying my heart out and was so kind.

→eat your heart out at ↑eat, pour your heart out at ↑pour

23.) your heart's desire/everything your heart could desire

the one thing you want most, or everything that you could possibly want

▪ To have a baby was her heart's desire.

24.) not have the heart to do sth

to be unable to do something because it will make someone unhappy

▪ I didn't have the heart to tell her that her beautiful vase was broken.

25.) sb's heart isn't in it

used to say that someone does not really want to do something

▪ She's getting bored with the job and her heart's not in it.

26.) do sth out of the goodness of your heart

to do something out of kindness, not because you have been asked or expect a reward

▪ All these people were helping us out of the goodness of their hearts.

27.) take sb to your heart

if people take someone to their hearts, they like them very much

▪ The fans have taken Hudson to their hearts.

28.) ¦(VEGETABLE)¦

the firm middle part of some vegetables

▪ artichoke hearts

29.) give/lose your heart to sb

to start to love someone very much

30.)my heart was in my mouth

used to say that you suddenly felt very afraid

31.) sb's heart is in the right place informal

used to say that someone is really a kind person and has the right feelings about something important

▪ I don't think his idea will work, though his heart's in the right place.

32.) it does your heart good to see/hear sth

used to say that something makes you feel happy

33.) sb's heart leaps

literary used to say that someone suddenly feels happy and full of hope

▪ 'I couldn't live without you,' he said and Jane's heart leapt.

34.) be in good heart

formal to feel happy and confident

▪ The team are in good heart and ready for the season's matches.

35.) have a heart!

used to tell someone not to be too strict or unkind - used humorously

36.) know the way to sb's heart

to know the way to please someone - used humorously

37.) my heart bleeds (for sb)

used to say that you do not really feel any sympathy towards someone

→a broken heart at ↑broken² (9)

→cross my heart at ↑cross¹ (11)

→have a change of heart at ↑change² (1)

→sick at heart at ↑sick¹ (9)

→strike at the heart of sth at ↑strike¹ (7)

→wear your heart on your sleeve at ↑wear¹ (8)

→win sb's heart at ↑win¹ (3)

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

somebody's heart beats

somebody's heart pounds/thuds/thumps (=it beats very strongly)

somebody's heart races (=it beats very fast)

a weak heart (=an unhealthy heart)

heart trouble/problems

a heart condition (=something wrong with your heart)

somebody's heart rate (=the number of times their heart beats per minute)

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