LOVE (Sculpture)
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) Any object of warm affection or devotion
"The theater was her first love"
"He has a passion for cock fighting";
(3) A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
"Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"
"She was his first love"
(4) A strong positive emotion of regard and affection
"His love for his work"
"Children need a lot of love"
(5) A beloved person; used as terms of endearment
(6) A score of zero in tennis or squash
"It was 40 love"
verb
(7) Have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"
"Adam knew Eve"
"Were you ever intimate with this man?"
(8) Have a great affection or liking for
"I love French food"
"She loves her boss and works hard for him"
(9) Be enamored or in love with
"She loves her husband deeply"
(10) Get pleasure from
"I love cooking"
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Etymology 1
(verb), from , from . Akin to Old English , . More at lief
Noun
- An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.
- A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
- A deep or abiding liking for something.
- My love of cricket knows no bounds.
- A profound and caring attraction towards someone.
- Your love is the most important thing in my life.
- The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart
- I met my love by the gasworks wall.
- A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
- Hello, love, how can I help you?
Synonyms
baby, darling, lover, pet, sweetheart, honey, love bird mate, lover. darling, sweetyVerb
- To have a strong affection for.
- I love my spouse.
- I love you.
- To need, thrive on.
- Mold loves moist, dark places.
- To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
- I love walking barefoot on wet grass.
- I'd love to join the team.
- To care deeply about.
- "You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matt. 22:37-38)
- To lust for.
- To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)
- I wish I could love her all night long.
Noun
- zero, no score.
- So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.