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heart
A	noun
	1	heart
			a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the queen of hearts"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚paper ╚card ╚playing card ╚heart
	2	heart, spirit
			an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚nature ╚disposition; temperament ╚heart, spirit
	3	heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
			the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚character; fiber; fibre ╚spirit ╚courage; courageousness; bravery ╚heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
	4	heart, pump, ticker
			the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚organ ╚internal organ; viscus ╚heart, pump, ticker ╚biauriculate heart ╚athlete's heart
	5	heart, bosom
			the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚impression; feeling; belief; notion; opinion ╚intuition; hunch; suspicion ╚heart, bosom
	6	kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
			the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty ╚stuff ╚quintessence ╚quiddity; haecceity ╚hypostasis ╚bare bones
	7	affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness
			a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness ╚soft spot ╚regard; respect ╚protectiveness ╚attachment; fond regard
	8	heart
			a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚solid ╚food ╚meat ╚variety meat; organs ╚heart
	9	center, centre, middle, heart, eye
			an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚area; country ╚center, centre, middle, heart, eye ╚midstream ╚City of London; the City ╚seat ╚midfield ╚medical center ╚inner city ╚hub ╚financial center ╚storm center; storm centre ╚city center; city centre; central city ╚center stage; centre stage
	10	heart
			a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚figure ╚plane figure; two-dimensional figure ╚heart

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