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9 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), noun [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak.
4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all. --Shak.
Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton.
5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading. ''Trust me, love.'' --Dryden.
Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak.
8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
9. (Bot.) A climbing species of C{lematis} ({Clematis Vitalba}).
10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field.
11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism. [PJC]
Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc.
{A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward.
{Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}.
{Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.
{In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
{Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.
{Love bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates.
{Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
{Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
{Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
{Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer.
{Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
{Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.
{Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
{Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
{Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point.
{Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}.
{Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[oe]tida}, which has similar bracts.
{Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
{Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak.
{Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman.
{Love lass}, a sweetheart.
{Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
{Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
{Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.
{Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire.
{Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope
{Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage.
{Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.
{Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] ''Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.'' --Holinshed.
{The god of love}, or {The Love god}, Cupid.
{To make love}, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
{To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. ''If you will marry, make your loves to me.'' --Shak.
{To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. ''A game at piquet for love.'' --Lamb. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Loved} (l[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loving}.] [AS. lufian. [root]124. See {Love}, n.]
1. To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. --Matt. xxii. 37.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. --Matt. xxii. 39.
2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
3. To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry. Arts which I loved. --Cowley.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Love \Love\, verb (used without an object) To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
love
noun
1: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" [ant: {hate}]
2: any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting"; [syn: {passion}]
3: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: {beloved}, {dear}, {dearest}, {loved one}, {honey}]
4: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
5: a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
6: 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" [syn: {sexual love}, {lovemaking}, {making love}, {love life}]
verb
1: have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" [ant: {hate}]
2: get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: {enjoy}]
3: be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
4: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
342 Moby Thesaurus words for "love": Amor, Aphrodite, Astarte, BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, Cupid, Eros, Freya, Kama, Love, Venus, accord, accordance, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, adulate, adulation, affair, affection, affinity, agape, agreement, aim at, allegiance, altruism, amiability, amiableness, amicability, amicableness, amity, amor, amorousness, amour, angel, appreciate, ardency, ardor, attachment, attraction, babe, baby, baby-doll, bang, bask in, be all heart, be desirous of, be fond of, be partial to, be pleased with, beau, beloved, beloved object, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bent, best love, best regards, best wishes, betrothed, bigheartedness, bonds of harmony, bonk, boyfriend, brotherhood, brotherly love, burn with love, buttercup, cardinal virtues, care, care for, caress, caritas, carnality, cement of friendship, charitableness, charity, cherish, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, choose, coldness, communion, community, community of interests, compatibility, compliments, concern, concord, concordance, congeniality, correspondence, cosset, crush, cuddle, dandle, darling, dear, dear one, dearly beloved, deary, deify, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, desiderate, desire, devoirs, devotion, devour, disposition, do-goodism, doll, dote, dote on, dote upon, duck, duckling, eat up, egards, embrace, emotion, empathy, enjoy, enjoyment, enthusiasm, esprit, esprit de corps, exalt, faith, fancy, favor, fealty, feast on, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, fervor, fiance, fiancee, fidelity, flesh, fleshliness, flower power, fondle, fondness, fortitude, freak out on, frictionlessness, friendliness, friendship, frigidity, fuck, generosity, get high on, girl, giving, gloat over, go for, good vibes, good vibrations, good wishes, goodwill, grace, greatheartedness, greetings, groove on, gust, gusto, guy, happy family, harmony, hate, have deep feelings, have designs on, have eyes for, have it bad, have sex, hold dear, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hope, humanitarianism, hump, identity, idolatry, idolize, impotence, inamorata, inamorato, inclination, indulge in, infatuation, intended, intrigue, justice, kind regards, kindest regards, kindness, kinship, know, lamb, lambkin, largeheartedness, leaning, liaison, libido, light of love, like, like-mindedness, likes, liking, love affair, love of mankind, loved one, lovemaking, lover, loyalty, lust, lust after, luxuriate in, make out, man, mania, marriage, mate, mutuality, natural virtues, neck, neighborlikeness, neighborliness, oneness, partiality, passion, peace, peaceableness, pet, petkins, philanthropism, philanthropy, piety, pleasure, potency, precious, precious heart, predilection, prefer, preference, prize, proclivity, prudence, rapport, rapprochement, rapture, reciprocity, regard, regards, rejoice in, relationship, relish, remembrances, respects, revel in, revere, riot in, romance, savor, screw, sensuality, sentiment, sex drive, sexiness, sexual instinct, sexual urge, sexualism, sexuality, sharing, sisterhood, smack the lips, snookums, sociability, solicitude, solidarity, sugar, suitor, supernatural virtues, swain, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, swim in, sympathy, symphony, take, take pleasure in, take to, tally, taste, team spirit, temperance, tenderness, theological virtues, thing, treasure, truelove, turtledove, understanding, unhostility, union, unison, unity, utilitarianism, value, venerate, voluptuousness, wallow in, want, warmth, weakness, welfarism, well-affectedness, well-beloved, well-disposedness, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much, woman, worship, would fain do, yearning, young man, zeal
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
love What many users feel for computers. "I don't really love computers, I just say that to get them into bed with me". (Terry Pratchet) [What did you expect in a computing dictionary?] (1995-05-10)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
LOVE, noun A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like _caries_ and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Love -- U.S. County in Oklahoma Population (2000): 8831 Housing Units (2000): 4066 Land area (2000): 515.382755 sq. miles (1334.835151 sq. km) Water area (2000): 16.560771 sq. miles (42.892198 sq. km) Total area (2000): 531.943526 sq. miles (1377.727349 sq. km) Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 33.941304 N, 97.194143 W Headwords: Love Love, OK Love County Love County, OK
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Love This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest thou me?" he uses the Greek word _agapas_; and when Simon answers, he uses the Greek word _philo_, i.e., "I love." This is the usage in the first and second questions put by our Lord; but in the third our Lord uses Simon's word. The distinction between these two Greek words is thus fitly described by Trench:, "_Agapan_ has more of judgment and deliberate choice; _philein_ has more of attachment and peculiar personal affection. Thus the 'Lovest thou' (Gr. agapas) on the lips of the Lord seems to Peter at this moment too cold a word, as though his Lord were keeping him at a distance, or at least not inviting him to draw near, as in the passionate yearning of his heart he desired now to do. Therefore he puts by the word and substitutes his own stronger 'I love' (Gr. philo) in its room. A second time he does the same. And now he has conquered; for when the Lord demands a third time whether he loves him, he does it in the word which alone will satisfy Peter ('Lovest thou,' Gr. phileis), which alone claims from him that personal attachment and affection with which indeed he knows that his heart is full." In 1 Cor. 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the word "charity" there is rendered in the Revised Version.
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