love

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
love/lʌv/

▶noun

• 1 an intense feeling of deep affection.

  ■ a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.

  ■ affectionate greetings.

• 2 a great interest and pleasure in something.

• 3 a person or thing that one loves.

  ■ Brit. informal a friendly form of address.

• 4 (in tennis, squash, etc.) a score of zero.

  ■ [appar. from the phr. play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money).]

▶verb feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to.

■ like or enjoy very much.

– phrases
for love for pleasure not profit.
make love

• 1 have sexual intercourse.

• 2 (make love to) dated pay amorous attention to.

not for love or money informal not in any circumstances.
there's no love lost between there is mutual dislike between.

– derivatives
loveless adjective,
lovelessly adverb,
lovelessness noun.

– origin OE lufu, of Gmc origin; rel. to leave2 and lief.