ALL meanings of take to heart
take to heart
T t - noun take to 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 take to 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 take to 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 take to 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
- noun take to heart capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy. 1
- noun take to heart spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces. 1
- noun take to heart the innermost or central part of anything: Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris. 1
- noun take to heart the vital or essential part; core: the heart of the matter. 1
- noun take to heart the breast or bosom: to clasp a person to one's heart. 1
- noun take to heart a person (used especially in expressions of praise or affection): dear heart. 1
- noun take to heart a conventional shape with rounded sides meeting in a point at the bottom and curving inward to a cusp at the top. 1
- noun take to heart a red figure or pip of this shape on a playing card. 1
- noun take to heart a card of the suit bearing such figures. 1
- noun take to heart hearts. (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Hearts is trump. Hearts are trump. (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players try to avoid taking tricks containing this suit. 1
- noun take to heart Botany. the core of a tree; the solid central part without sap or albumen. 1
- noun take to heart good condition for production, growth, etc., as of land or crops. 1
- noun take to heart Also called core. Ropemaking. a strand running through the center of a rope, the other strands being laid around it. 1
- verb with object take to heart Archaic. to fix in the heart. to encourage. 1
- verb with object take to heart Informal. to like or enjoy very much; love: I heart Chicago. 1
- idioms take to heart after one's own heart, in keeping with one's taste or preference: There's a man after my own heart! 1
- idioms take to heart at heart, in reality; fundamentally; basically: At heart she is a romantic. 1
- verbal expression take to heart take seriously, be upset by 1
- idioms take to heart break someone's heart, to cause someone great disappointment or sorrow, as to disappoint in love: The news that their son had been arrested broke their hearts. 1
- verbal expression take to heart apply to oneself 1
- idioms take to heart by heart, by memory; word-for-word: They knew the song by heart. 1
- idioms take to heart cross one's heart, to maintain the truth of one's statement; affirm one's integrity: That's exactly what they told me, I cross my heart! 1
- idioms take to heart do someone's heart good, to give happiness or pleasure to; delight: It does my heart good to see you again. 1
- idioms take to heart eat one's heart out, to have jealousy, longing, or sorrow dominate one's emotions (often used in the imperative and with jocular reference to a famous potential rival): My baby is a genius—Einstein, eat your heart out! He’s eating his heart out over his defeat. 1
- idioms take to heart from the bottom of one's heart, with complete sincerity. Also, from one's heart, from the heart. 1
- idioms take to heart have a heart, to be compassionate or merciful: Please have a heart and give her another chance. 1
- idioms take to heart have at heart, to have as an object, aim, or desire: to have another's best interests at heart. 1
- idioms take to heart have one's heart in one's mouth, to be very anxious or fearful: He wanted to do the courageous thing, but his heart was in his mouth. 1
- idioms take to heart have one's heart in the right place, to be fundamentally kind, generous, or well-intentioned: The old gentleman may have a stern manner, but his heart is in the right place. 1
- idioms take to heart heart and soul, enthusiastically; fervently; completely: They entered heart and soul into the spirit of the holiday. 1
- idioms take to heart in one's heart of hearts, in one's private thoughts or feelings; deep within one: He knew, in his heart of hearts, that the news would be bad. 1
- idioms take to heart lose one's heart to, to fall in love with: He lost his heart to the prima ballerina. 1
- idioms take to heart near one's heart, of great interest or concern to one: It is a cause that is very near his heart. Also, close to one's heart. 1
- idioms take to heart not have the heart, to lack the necessary courage or callousness to do something: No one had the heart to tell him he was through as an actor. 1
- idioms take to heart pour out one's heart, to reveal one's thoughts or private feelings: She poured out her heart to me. Also, open one's heart. 1
- idioms take to heart set one's heart against, to be unalterably opposed to: She had set her heart against selling the statue. Also, have one's heart set against. 1
- idioms take to heart set one's heart at rest, to dismiss one's anxieties: She couldn't set her heart at rest until she knew he had returned safely. 1
- idioms take to heart set one's heart on, to wish for intensely; determine on: She has set her heart on going to Europe after graduation. Also, have one's heart set on. 1
- idioms take to heart take heart, to regain one's courage; become heartened: Her son's death was a great blow, but she eventually took heart, convinced that God had willed it. 1
- idioms take to heart take / lay to heart, to think seriously about; concern oneself with: He took to heart his father's advice. to be deeply affected by; grieve over: She was prone to take criticism too much to heart. 1
- idioms take to heart to one's heart's content, until one is satisfied; as much or as long as one wishes: The children played in the snow to their heart's content. 1
- idioms take to heart wear one's heart on one's sleeve, to make one's intimate feelings or personal affairs known to all: She was not the kind who would wear her heart on her sleeve. to be liable to fall in love; fall in love easily: How lovely to be young and wear our hearts on our sleeves! 1
- idioms take to heart with all one's heart, with earnestness or zeal. with willingness; cordially: She welcomed the visitors with all her heart. 1
- noun take to heart to take seriously or be upset about 0
- noun take to heart to regard seriously 0
- noun take to heart to consider seriously 0