Definition of "hearts" []

• Plural form of heart. (noun)
• One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥. (noun)
• A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heart. (verb)

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• "Where hearts are not wilfully closed against such preaching of "_the truth as it is in Jesus_," they will, through its power, become "_broken and contrite hearts_," from which will arise earnest pleadings for forgiveness and acceptance."
• "In fact, the only time the phrase "hearts and minds" appears in the U.S. Army's counterinsurgency field manual is in an appendix—written by Australian expert David Kilcullen— that explains that the hearts-and-minds approach is not about making people like you but about affecting the decisions they make."
• "The Kenyans have been counting on international aid groups to prop up their counterinsurgency campaign - the phrase "hearts and minds" crops up repeatedly in conversations with the soldiers."