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A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.

Example: The team lost, but they showed a lot of 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.

Example: a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

Example: 2008 July 25, "The Media Hearts Obama?", On The Media, National Public Radio

To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.