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love
A	noun
	1	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"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚bodily process; body process; bodily function; activity ╚sexual activity; sexual practice; sex; sex activity ╚sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
	2	love, passion
			any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting";
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚object ╚love, passion
	3	love
			a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚desire ╚sexual desire; concupiscence; physical attraction ╚love
	4	love
			a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚emotion ╚love ╚lovingness; caring ╚heartstrings ╚benevolence ╚devotion; devotedness ╚puppy love; calf love; crush; infatuation ╚amorousness; enamoredness ╚ardor; ardour ╚agape ╚worship; adoration
	5	beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey, love
			a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚lover ╚beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey, love
	6	love
			a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚score ╚love
B	verb
	1	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?"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; conjoin ╚copulate; mate; pair; couple ╚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 ╚fornicate ╚take; have
	2	love
			have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"

	3	love
			be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
		Category Tree: love ╚love ╚romance
	4	love, enjoy
			get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
		Category Tree: like ╚love, enjoy ╚get off

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