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ALL meanings of love

love
L l
  • verb with object love to have sexual intercourse with. 1
  • verb without object love to have love or affection for another person; be in love. 1
  • idioms love for love, out of affection or liking; for pleasure. without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love. 1
  • idioms love for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise. 1
  • idioms love in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love. 1
  • idioms love in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work. 1
  • idioms love make love, to embrace and kiss as lovers. to engage in sexual activity. 1
  • idioms love no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers. 1
  • noun love affection 1
  • noun love romantic feelings 1
  • transitive verb love feel affection 1
  • transitive verb love have romantic feelings 1
  • transitive verb love like strongly 1
  • verbal expression love activity: enjoy 1
  • transitive verb love be fond of sb 1
  • abbreviation LOVE lover 1
  • interjection love affectionate term 1
  • noun love passion 1
  • noun love sexual gratification 1
  • noun love strong liking 1
  • noun love tennis score: zero 1
  • noun love sth loved, interest 1
  • intransitive verb love have deep affection 1
  • transitive verb love have sex 1
  • noun Technical meaning of love (humour)   What some users feel for computers. "There is no truth in the rumour that I love computers, it's just what I tell them to get them to bed." -- Terry Pratchett [What did you expect in a computing dictionary?] 1
  • noun love a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 1
  • noun love a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. 1
  • noun love sexual passion or desire. 1
  • noun love a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart. 1
  • noun love (uncountable) Strong affection. 1
  • noun love (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love? 1
  • noun love a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour. 1
  • noun love sexual intercourse; copulation. 1
  • noun love (initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid. 1
  • noun love affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor. 1
  • noun love strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books. 1
  • noun love the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love. 1
  • noun love the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God. 1
  • noun love Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing. 1
  • noun love a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L. 1
  • verb with object love to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her. 1
  • verb with object love to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person). 1
  • verb with object love to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music. 1
  • verb with object love to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight. 1
  • verb with object love to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover. 1
  • verb love If you love someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you. 0
  • uncountable noun love Love is a very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically or sexually attracted to. 0
  • verb love You say that you love someone when their happiness is very important to you, so that you behave in a kind and caring way towards them. 0
  • uncountable noun love Love is the feeling that a person's happiness is very important to you, and the way you show this feeling in your behaviour towards them. 0
  • verb love If you love something, you like it very much. 0
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