heart
- noun
- /hɑrt/
- She dealt the cards, and I received the king of hearts as my first card.
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Examples
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Father, Gary, and David were starting a game of hearts, and they invited him to be the fourth.
Fiction book (1991) -
-Five of hearts.
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Kempf also set up a mini altar with the queen of hearts card as the centerpiece.
Academic text (1996) -
There are four of these suits, so-called diamonds, hearts, spades, clubs.
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Whoa, there's diamonds, there's spades, there's hearts, and there's clubs.
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In the game, I was proud to play the heart of the queen to win the trick.
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During the poker game, I realized I had the heart of an ace in my hand.
Idioms
- Informal
Being apart from someone makes you care for them more
- Literature
A deep, loving memory that someone keeps in their heart
- Informal
To feel very jealous or sad because someone else has what you want
- Informal
A feeling of being very nervous and afraid because something scary or unknown might happen
- Informal
To show your feelings openly so other people can see them
Compounds
Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
- Specialized
A condition when the heart cannot pump enough blood around the body
- Formal
A military medal given to people in the United States military who are wounded or killed in action
- Offensive
A person who cares too much about people who are poor or treated unfairly
- Specialized
An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart
- Specialized
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood well, causing fluid to build up in the body
- Specialized
A machine placed inside the body that does the work of a human heart
- Specialized
An unusual sound during a heartbeat that may show a problem with the valves in the heart
- Specialized
A machine used during heart surgery that pumps and adds oxygen to the blood
- Specialized
A heart problem present at birth that changes the heart's shape or how it works
- Specialized
An artificial device in the heart that takes the place of a damaged part that controls blood flow
- Specialized
A disease where arteries to the heart become narrow or blocked, causing less blood to reach the heart
- Specialized
A flap in the heart that lets blood flow one way and stops it flowing back
- Specialized
The heart's signals stop partly or completely, causing slow, irregular beats and fainting
- Specialized
A lower chamber of the heart that gets blood and pumps it to the lungs or body
A nickname for the United States state of Alabama because it is central to Southern history and culture
The main place or person in a home that makes people feel warm and come together
- Formal
A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat
- Specialized
A long-term heart condition in which past fevers damage the heart valves
- Specialized
A machine that replaces a person's heart for a short time until they can get a new heart
- Specialized
A heart with two upper chambers, as in mammals, birds, and reptiles
A small tropical tree that produces a heart-shaped fruit with a sweet-tart taste
- Specialized
Heart surgery done through a small cut without opening the chest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heart names the red card suit because card makers used the heart symbol for feeling and love, so the red suit became known as 'hearts'. That's why a playing card can be called a heart.