Betekenis van heart In het Nederlands

• 0 the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body:

  • He's got a weak/bad heart (= his heart is not healthy).

  • Isabel's heart was beating fast with fright.

• 1 used to refer to a person's character, or the place within a person where feelings or emotions are considered to come from:

  • She has a good heart (= she is a kind person).

  • I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart (= very sincerely).

  • I love you with all my heart (= very much).

  • He said he'd never marry but he had a change of heart (= his feelings changed) when he met her.

  • Homelessness is a subject very close/dear to her heart (= is very important to her and she has strong feelings about it).

  • He broke her heart (= made her very sad) when he left her for another woman.

  • It breaks my heart (= makes me feel very sad) to see him so unhappy.

  • They say he died of a broken heart (= because he was so sad).

  • old-fashioned It does my heart good (= makes me very happy) to see those children so happy.

  • His heart leaped (= he suddenly felt very excited and happy) when the phone rang.

• 2 the central or most important part:

  • The demonstrators will march through the heart of the capital.

  • A disagreement about boundaries is at the heart of the dispute.

  • Let's get to the heart of the matter.

  • artichoke hearts

  • the heart of a lettuce

• 3 courage, determination, or hope:

  • You're doing really well - don't lose heart now.

  • Take heart - things can only get better.

• 4 a shape, consisting of two half circles next to each other at the top and a V shape at the bottom, often coloured pink or red and used to represent love

• 5 one of the four suits in playing cards, represented by a red heart shape:

  • the seven/ace of hearts

  • In this game, a heart beats a club.

• 6 used to say that you like someone or something very much:

  • I heart New York.

• 7 the organ inside the chest that sends the blood around the body:

  • heart disease

  • The paramedics took his pulse to see if his heart was still beating.

• 8 the center of a person’s emotions, or the general character of someone:

  • [ C ] He has a good/kind heart (= is a kind and generous person).

  • [ C ] Our hearts were broken (= We were very sad) at the news of the accident.

  • [ C ] Homelessness is a subject close/near to her heart (= is important to her and is a subject she feels strongly about).

  • [ U ] In his heart (= According to his true feelings), he knew she was right.

  • She can be abrupt with people at times, but at heart (= basically) she’s a good person.

• 9 the central or most important part:

  • [ C usually sing ] Protestors marched through the heart of the city.

  • [ C ] artichoke hearts

• 10 a shape used to represent the heart, esp. as a symbol of love