cross my heart

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kraws, kros mahy hahrt]
- /krɔs, krɒs maɪ hɑrt/
- /krɒs maɪ hɑːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kraws, kros mahy hahrt]
- /krɔs, krɒs maɪ hɑrt/

Definitions of cross my heart words

convention cross my heart You can say 'cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth. 3
noun cross my heart I promise! 3
noun cross my heart Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body. 1
noun cross my heart Zoology. the homologous structure in other vertebrates, consisting of four chambers in mammals and birds and three chambers in reptiles and amphibians. the analogous contractile structure in invertebrate animals, as the tubular heart of the spider and earthworm. 1
noun cross my heart the center of the total personality, especially with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion: In your heart you know I'm an honest man. 1
noun cross my heart the center of emotion, especially as contrasted to the head as the center of the intellect: His head told him not to fall in love, but his heart had the final say. 1

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Origin of cross my heart

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English herte, Old English heorte; cognate with Dutch hart, German Herz, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic hairtō; akin to Latin cor (see cordial, courage), Greek kardía (see cardio-); def 19, from the use of the stylized heart symbol to represent love

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Parts of speech for Cross my heart

noun

adjective

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adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

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exclamation

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cross my heart popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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