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a strong feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, such as for a parent, child, friend, or pet:He bent and kissed his newborn daughter on the brow, his heart full of love and gratitude.
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a profoundly tender, passionate affection, often mingled with sexual desire, for another person:The couple’s ardent love for each other, poured out in these love letters, survived their wartime separation.
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sexual passion or desire.
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active, self-giving concern for the well-being of others:Love of one’s neighbor is the greatest virtue.What this suffering world needs is more love.
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a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart:I long to be with you, my love.He was my first and only love.
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(used as a term of endearment, affection, or the like):Would you like to see a movie, love?
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a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour:It’s the story of her many loves, told through the eyes of a journalist.
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Love, a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
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strong enthusiasm or liking for anything:His huge personal library testified to his love of books.
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a thing for which one has a strong enthusiasm or liking:The theater was her great love.
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Religion. the benevolent affection and deep compassion of God for all creatures, or the reverent devotion returned from them to God.
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Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
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a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
verb (used with object),loved, lov·ing.
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to have a warm personal attachment to or deep affection for:All her students love her.
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to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection, often mingled with sexual desire, for (another person).
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to feel a strong liking for or take great pleasure in; enjoy actively and with enthusiasm:I love music.He’s loving his new job.
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to feel or show active, self-giving concern for:Love your neighbor—even the one you don’t like.
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to feel or express reverent devotion toward; adore.
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to need or require; benefit greatly from:Plants love sunlight.
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to have sexual intercourse with.
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to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
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