heart
- noun
- /hɑrt/
- She dealt the cards, and I received the king of hearts as my first card.
I read Jack of Hearts and other parts by Elsie Rosen Rosen.
- I read Jack of Hearts and other parts by Elsie Rosen Rosen.
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
To be able to do something difficult because you feel kind or brave
- 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
- Informal
Being apart from someone makes you care for them more
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
- Specialized
An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart
- Offensive
A person who cares too much about people who are poor or treated unfairly
- 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 heart problem present at birth that changes the heart's shape or how it works
- Specialized
A machine used during heart surgery that pumps and adds oxygen to the blood
- Specialized
A disease where arteries to the heart become narrow or blocked, causing less blood to reach the heart
- Specialized
The heart's signals stop partly or completely, causing slow, irregular beats and fainting
- Specialized
A flap in the heart that lets blood flow one way and stops it flowing back
- Specialized
An artificial device in the heart that takes the place of a damaged part that controls blood flow
- Specialized
A lower chamber of the heart that gets blood and pumps it to the lungs or body
- Formal
A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat
- 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
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
- Specialized
A machine that replaces a person's heart for a short time until they can get a new heart
- Specialized
A long-term heart condition in which past fevers damage the heart valves
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.