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Meaning of hearting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hearting

verb

Definitions

  1. 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

    Synonyms:less than threelove
  2. To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

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

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

noun

Definitions

  1. Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.

    Example: The masons used rubble from their trimming of the face rocks as some of the hearting for the wall.