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love
has definitions from the fields of biology,sexuality,mathematics,sport,tennis
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[ verb ] have a great affection or liking for
Examples "I love French food" "She loves her boss and works hard for him" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)If his mother loves him , he clings_to that love as a ballast . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)`` I just love them '' , he said . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The dramatic construction of his stories characteristically turns_on a situation in which someone is simultaneously compelled and forbidden to love . The release , the freedom , involved in loving another is either terribly difficult or_else absolutely impossible ; and the motion toward it brings disaster . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)The Vice_President said with a slight bluster , `` There is n't anyone who loves the President more_than I do . |
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[ noun ] a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
Examples "his love for his work" "children need a lot of love" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)If his mother loves him , he clings_to that love as a ballast . His desires are so strong that he needs constant reassurance of his mother 's love for him and what she expects of him , in_order to overcome them . He won't submit to his natural desires all_the_time , and it 's Mother 's love that is responsible_for his good behavior . (The Providence Journal...)And little Zeme_North , a Dora with real spirit and verve , was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd , the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage , or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Of_course his love was expressed in intelligent care . Related terms hate emotion devotion loyalty lovingness puppy_love amorousness benevolence agape heartstrings ardor worship |
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[ verb ] get pleasure from
Synonyms Examples "I love cooking" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)This may just be pride in my adopted State_of_Washington , but certainly I love to visit their mound cities near Yakima and Prosser in July or August , when the bees are in their most active period . The thing is that these bees love a fine-grained soil that is moist ; yet the water in the ground should not be stagnant either . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)The audience , as_usual , loved it . Everyone is ambivalent about his profession , if he has practised it long enough , but there were still moments when he loved the stage and all those unseen people out there , who might cheer you or boo you , but that was largely , though not entirely , up_to_you . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Man how I love nigger pussy ! |
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[ verb ] be enamored or in love with
Examples "She loves her husband deeply" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Again , the sufferings and disasters produced by any transgression against the commandment not to love are almost invariably associated in one way or another with childhood , with the figure of a child . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Was it love ? It would be the first time I had ever been completely alone with a girl I loved . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)She would weep in_private , he was sure , for she loved him in her frigid way , though in_public she would be dry_eyed . |
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[ noun ] a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)The place was evidently a familiar haunt and Claire wondered what other illicit loves had been celebrated in the comfortable rooms to which they were shown . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sexuality) a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
Examples "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings" "she was his first love" Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)If it is love , you do n't . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 4133
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 311
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[ verb ] (sexuality) have sexual intercourse with
Examples "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm" "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic) "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
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[ noun ] (mathematics,sport,tennis) a score of zero in tennis or squash
Examples "it was 40 love" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,sexuality) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
Synonyms Examples "his lovemaking disgusted her" "he hadn't had any love in months" "he has a very complicated love life" Related terms |
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