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the heart

noun

Definition of the heart

: the central or most important part of something
  • deep in the heart of the forest
  • Their offices are in the heart of the city.
  • Let's get right to the heart of the matter.

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heart play

  1. : a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood

  2. : a structure in an invertebrate animal functionally analogous to the vertebrate heart

  3. : breast, bosom

  1. : love:2

  2. : hearten

  3. : to fix in the heart

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