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Definition of "love" []

  • A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. (noun)
  • A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. (noun)
  • Sexual passion. (noun)
  • Sexual intercourse. (noun)
  • A love affair. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "love" in a sentence
  • "May 19th, 2009 at 12:27 am love you fergie..you are beautiful..love you."
  • "I mean HELL YES it was still hard to be there when he was with another woman but God tolerates far worse from me and for my love to be pure like Gods love…"
  • "I define love * also known as true love* to be a hoax."