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hearts

"Hearts" is a fascinating word with several layers of meaning. It is the plural form of "heart," and it carries both physical and emotional senses. Here are the most common and useful ones.

1nounorgans in the body

This is the most literal meaning. Your heart is the muscle inside your chest that pumps blood around your body. When you talk about more than one, you say 'hearts' — for example, when referring to the hearts of different animals or people in a medical context.

biology / medicine · Modern, widely used

Doctors studied the hearts of patients who had recovered from the illness.

The hearts of birds beat much faster than the hearts of humans.

The surgeon had performed over a hundred heart transplants in her career.

2nounfigurativeemotions and feelings

In everyday language, 'hearts' often refers to people's feelings, emotions, or inner selves. When someone 'touches your heart,' they make you feel something deeply. This sense is very common in songs, poetry, and everyday speech.

everyday language / emotions · Modern, widely used · figurative

The story of the orphaned children touched the hearts of everyone who heard it.

She has a way of winning the hearts of everyone she meets.

Their kindness warmed our hearts on a cold winter day.

3nounthe heart suit in playing cards

In a standard deck of playing cards, hearts is one of the four suits. It is represented by a red heart symbol (♥). You might say 'I have three hearts in my hand' when playing a card game.

card games · Modern, widely used

She played the queen of hearts and won the round.

He had nothing but hearts in his hand.

In the game of Hearts, you try to avoid collecting heart cards.

4nouna card game

'Hearts' is also the name of a popular card game where players try to avoid winning certain cards, especially heart cards and the queen of spades. It is a well-known game played around the world.

card games / leisure · Modern, widely used

We played Hearts after dinner for about an hour.

In Hearts, the goal is to have the lowest score at the end.

She taught me how to play Hearts when I was a child.

5verbfigurativeto love or like something (informal)

You may see 'hearts' used as a verb, especially online or in informal writing, meaning 'loves' or 'really likes.' It comes from the heart symbol (♥) used to express love. For example, 'She hearts chocolate' means she loves chocolate. This is very casual and mostly seen in social media.

informal / social media · Modern, informal — common in online language · figurative

He totally hearts that new band — he listens to them every day.

She hearts everything about summer: the sun, the beach, the ice cream.

The caption read: 'She hearts Paris.'

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