English dictionary
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English noun: love | |||
| 1. | love (feeling) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection | ||
| Samples | His love for his work. Children need a lot of love. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emotion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adoration, agape, agape, agape love, amorousness, ardor, ardour, benevolence, calf love, caring, crush, devotedness, devotion, enamoredness, filial love, heartstrings, infatuation, lovingness, loyalty, puppy love, worship | ||
| Antonyms | hate, hatred | ||
| 2. | love (cognition) any object of warm affection or devotion | ||
| Samples | The theater was her first love. He has a passion for cock fighting. | ||
| Synonyms | passion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object | ||
| 3. | love (person) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | ||
| Synonyms | beloved, dear, dearest, honey | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lover | ||
| 4. | love (feeling) a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction | ||
| Samples | Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings. She was his first love. | ||
| Synonyms | erotic love, sexual love | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concupiscence, eros, physical attraction, sexual desire | ||
| 5. | love (quantity) a score of zero in tennis or squash | ||
| Samples | It was 40 love. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | score | ||
| 6. | love (act) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | ||
| Samples | His lovemaking disgusted her. He hadn't had any love in months. He has a very complicated love life. | ||
| Synonyms | love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||
English verb: love | |||
| 1. | love (emotion) have a great affection or liking for | ||
| Samples | I love French food. She loves her boss and works hard for him. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adore, care for, cherish, dote, hold dear, love, treasure | ||
| Antonyms | detest, hate | ||
| 2. | love (emotion) get pleasure from | ||
| Samples | I love cooking. | ||
| Examples | They love him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | enjoy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | like | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | get off | ||
| 3. | love (emotion) be enamored or in love with | ||
| Samples | She loves her husband deeply. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot love Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | love | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | romance | ||
| 4. | love (contact) have sexual intercourse with | ||
| Samples | This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm. Adam knew Eve. Were you ever intimate with this man?. | ||
| Synonyms | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fornicate, have, take | ||
| Verb group | make out, neck | ||
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