Noun

• S: (n) heart, bosom (the locus of feelings and intuitions) "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
• S: (n) heart, pump, ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body) "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
• S: (n) heart, mettle, nerve, spunk (the courage to carry on) "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
• S: (n) center, centre, middle, heart, eye (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
• S: (n) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
• S: (n) heart, spirit (an inclination or tendency of a certain kind) "he had a change of heart"
• S: (n) heart (a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines) "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
• S: (n) heart (a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)) "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
• S: (n) affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia (a positive feeling of liking) "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
• S: (n) heart (a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it) "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"