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?"
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
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.