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3 dictionary results for: hearted
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heart·ed       [hahr-tid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
2.fixed or present in the heart.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME iherted. See y-, heart, -ed3]

—Related forms
heart·ed·ly, adverb
heart·ed·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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heart       (härt)  Pronunciation Key 


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n.  
  1. Anatomy
    1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
    2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
    3. The vital center and source of one's being, emotions, and sensibilities.
    4. The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs: an appeal from the heart; a subject dear to her heart.
    5. The seat of the intellect or imagination: the worst atrocities the human heart could devise.
    6. Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character: a man after my own heart.
    7. One's prevailing mood or current inclination: We were light of heart.
    8. Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.
    9. Love; affection: The child won my heart.
    10. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.
    11. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.
    12. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    13. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    14. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    15. A playing card with this figure.
    16. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    17. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
  2. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.
    1. The vital center and source of one's being, emotions, and sensibilities.
    2. The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs: an appeal from the heart; a subject dear to her heart.
    3. The seat of the intellect or imagination: the worst atrocities the human heart could devise.
    4. Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character: a man after my own heart.
    5. One's prevailing mood or current inclination: We were light of heart.
    6. Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.
    7. Love; affection: The child won my heart.
    8. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.
    9. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.
    10. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    11. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    12. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    13. A playing card with this figure.
    14. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    15. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
    1. Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character: a man after my own heart.
    2. One's prevailing mood or current inclination: We were light of heart.
    3. Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.
    4. Love; affection: The child won my heart.
    5. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.
    6. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.
    7. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    8. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    9. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    10. A playing card with this figure.
    11. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    12. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
    1. Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.
    2. Love; affection: The child won my heart.
    3. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.
    4. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.
    5. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    6. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    7. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    8. A playing card with this figure.
    9. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    10. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
    1. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.
    2. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.
    3. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    4. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    5. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    6. A playing card with this figure.
    7. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    8. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
  7. A person esteemed or admired as lovable, loyal, or courageous: a dear heart.
    1. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. See Synonyms at center.
    2. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.
    3. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    4. A playing card with this figure.
    5. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    6. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.
  9. The most important or essential part: get to the heart of the matter.
  10. A conventional two-lobed representation of the heart, usually colored red or pink.
  11. Games
    1. A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    2. A playing card with this figure.
    3. hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
    4. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.

tr.v.   heart·ed, heart·ing, hearts Archaic
To encourage; hearten.


[Middle English hert, from Old English heorte; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

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Hearted

Heart"ed\, a. 1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] --Landor.

3. Seated or laid up in the heart.

I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. --Shak.

Note: This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion-hearted, stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard-heartedness, faint-heartedness, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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