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15. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a fertile condition in land, conducive to vigorous growth in crops or herbage (esp in the phrase in good heart)
after one's own heart appealing to one's own disposition, taste, or tendencies
at heart in reality or fundamentally
break one's (or someone's) heart to grieve (or cause to grieve) very deeply, esp through love
by heart by committing to memory
cross my heart (and hope to die)! I promise!
eat one's heart out to brood or pine with grief or longing
from (the bottom of) one's heart very sincerely or deeply
have a heart! be kind or merciful
have one's heart in it (usually used with a negative) to have enthusiasm for something
have one's heart in one's boots to be depressed or down-hearted
have one's heart in one's mouth (or throat) to be full of apprehension, excitement, or fear
have one's heart in the right place
a. to be kind, thoughtful, or generous
b. to mean well
have the heart (usually used with a negative) to have the necessary will, callousness, etc., (to do something) I didn't have the heart to tell him
heart and soul absolutely; completely
heart of hearts the depths of one's conscience or emotions
heart of oak a brave person
in one's heart secretly; fundamentally
lose heart to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
lose one's heart to to fall in love with
near or close to one's heart cherished or important
set one's heart on to have as one's ambition to obtain; covet
take heart to become encouraged
take to heart to take seriously or be upset about
to one's heart's content as much as one wishes
wear one's heart on one's sleeve to show one's feelings openly
with all one's (or one's whole) heart very willingly
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of vegetables) to form a heart
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
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