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eat one's heart out

heart
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahrt]
    • /it wʌnz hɑrt aʊt/
    • /iːt wʌnz hɑːt ˈaʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrt]
    • /it wʌnz hɑrt aʊt/

Definitions of eat one's heart out words

  • noun eat one's heart out 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 eat one's heart out 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 eat one's heart out 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 eat one's heart out 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
  • noun eat one's heart out capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy. 1
  • noun eat one's heart out spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces. 1
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Origin of eat one's heart out

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 Eat one's heart out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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eat one's heart out 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".

Synonyms for eat one's heart out

verb eat one's heart out

  • stint — to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
  • pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • covet — If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
  • grudge — a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
  • resent — to send again.
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Antonyms for eat one's heart out

verb eat one's heart out

  • give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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