Definitions of LOVE [ʌv]

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Definition of 'LOVE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) love
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, esp. when based on sexual attraction.

2.  love
a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection.

3.  love
a person toward whom love is felt.

4.  love
a love affair.

5.  love
sexual activity.

6.  love
(cap.) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.

7.  love
affectionate concern for the well-being of others:
love of one's neighbor.

8.  love
a strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking:
a love of books.

9.  love
the object of such liking or enthusiasm:
The theater was her great love.

10.  love
the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.

11.  love
a score of zero, as in tennis.

12. (v.t.) love
to have love or affection for.

13.  love
to have a strong liking for:
to love music.

14.  love
to need or require:
Plants love sunlight.

15.  love
to embrace and kiss as a lover.

16.  love
to have sexual intercourse with.

17. (v.i.) love
to feel the emotion of love.

18.  love
to have sexual relations.

19.  love
to neck; pet.

20.  love
to court; woo.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME lov(i)en, OE lufian, c. OS, OHG lubōn, ON

Definition of 'LOVE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) love
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
"his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"

2. (noun) love, passion
any object of warm affection or devotion
"the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

3. (noun) beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

4. (noun) love, sexual love, erotic love
a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
"their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"

5. (noun) love
a score of zero in tennis or squash
"it was 40 love"

6. (verb) sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
"his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"

7. (verb) love
have a great affection or liking for
"I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"

8. (verb) love, enjoy
get pleasure from
"I love cooking"

9. (verb) love
be enamored or in love with
"She loves her husband deeply"

10. (verb) sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

Definition of 'LOVE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) love
a feeling of strong affection and sexual attraction for sb
We watched as their love grew.

2.  love
in love
feeling love
two young people in love; Are you in love with him?

3.  love
fall in love
to begin to feel love
I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.

4.  love
≠ hate
her love for her family/children/friends; his love of music

5.  love
used to end a letter, email, etc. to sb you feel love for
Let's talk soon. Love, Mom

6.  love
a person sb feels romantic love for
my first true love

7.  love
sth sb greatly enjoys being involved in
As a girl, horses were her great love.

8.  love
make love
to have sex

9. (verb) love
≠ hate
Everyone loved the show.; I'd love to go to Thailand.; They love skiing and skating.; Her students love her.

10.  love
to feel romantic love for sb
I love you.; Do you love each other?

Definition of 'LOVE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) LOVE
a feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters

2. (noun) LOVE
especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex

3. (noun) LOVE
courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage

4. (noun) LOVE
affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object

5. (noun) LOVE
due gratitude and reverence to God

6. (noun) LOVE
the object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address

7. (noun) LOVE
cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus

8. (noun) LOVE
a thin silk stuff

9. (noun) LOVE
a climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba)

10. (noun) LOVE
nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc

11. (noun) LOVE
to have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God

12. (noun) LOVE
to regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other

13. (noun) LOVE
to take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures

14. (verb) LOVE
to have the feeling of love; to be in love

Definitions of 'LOVE'

The Roycroft Dictionary

LOVE
The third rail for Life's Empire State Express. The beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion.

Definition of 'LOVE'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. LOVE
Affection; in psychiatry commonly refers to pleasure, particularly as it applies to gratifying experiences between individuals.

Translation of 'LOVE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing She has a great love of music; her love for her children.
Afrikaans: liefde	Arabic: حُب	Bulgarian: любов
Brazilian: amor	Czech: láska	German: die Liebe
Danish: kærlighed	Greek: αγάπη	Spanish: amor
Estonian: armastus	Farsi: عشق	Finnish: rakkaus
French: amour	Hebrew: אַהֲבָה, חִיבָּה	Hindi: प्रेम, प्यार
Croatian: ljubav	Hungarian: szeretet	Indonesian: sayang
Icelandic: ást	Italian: amore	Japanese: 愛
Korean: 애정	Lithuanian: meilė, potraukis	Latvian: mīlestība
Malay: cinta	Dutch: liefde	Norwegian: kjærlighet
Polish: zamiłowanie, miłość	Persian: عشق	Pashto: مينه،دوستى
Portuguese: amor	Romanian: dragoste	Russian: любовь
Slovak: láska	Slovenian: ljubezen	Serbian: ljubav
Swedish: kärlek, förtjusning, pass	Thai: ความรัก	Turkish: aşk, sevgi, sevda
Taiwanese: 喜愛	Ukrainian: любов	Urdu: محبت
Vietnamese: yêu thích	Chinese: 喜爱
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