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ALL meanings of wear one's heart on one's sleeve

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  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve the innermost or central part of anything: Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve the vital or essential part; core: the heart of the matter. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve the breast or bosom: to clasp a person to one's heart. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve a person (used especially in expressions of praise or affection): dear heart. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve a conventional shape with rounded sides meeting in a point at the bottom and curving inward to a cusp at the top. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve a red figure or pip of this shape on a playing card. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve a card of the suit bearing such figures. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve Botany. the core of a tree; the solid central part without sap or albumen. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve good condition for production, growth, etc., as of land or crops. 1
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve Also called core. Ropemaking. a strand running through the center of a rope, the other strands being laid around it. 1
  • verb with object wear one's heart on one's sleeve Archaic. to fix in the heart. to encourage. 1
  • verb with object wear one's heart on one's sleeve Informal. to like or enjoy very much; love: I heart Chicago. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve after one's own heart, in keeping with one's taste or preference: There's a man after my own heart! 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve at heart, in reality; fundamentally; basically: At heart she is a romantic. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve by heart, by memory; word-for-word: They knew the song by heart. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve do someone's heart good, to give happiness or pleasure to; delight: It does my heart good to see you again. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve from the bottom of one's heart, with complete sincerity. Also, from one's heart, from the heart. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve have a heart, to be compassionate or merciful: Please have a heart and give her another chance. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve have at heart, to have as an object, aim, or desire: to have another's best interests at heart. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve heart and soul, enthusiastically; fervently; completely: They entered heart and soul into the spirit of the holiday. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve lose one's heart to, to fall in love with: He lost his heart to the prima ballerina. 1
  • idioms wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve 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 wear one's heart on one's sleeve with all one's heart, with earnestness or zeal. with willingness; cordially: She welcomed the visitors with all her heart. 1
  • phrase wear one's heart on one's sleeve If you wear your heart on your sleeve, you openly show your feelings or emotions rather than keeping them hidden. 0
  • phrase wear one's heart on one's sleeve If someone wears their heart on their sleeve, they behave in a way that makes their feelings very obvious, for example when they are in love with someone. 0
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve to show one's feelings openly 0
  • noun wear one's heart on one's sleeve to behave so that one's feelings or affections are plainly evident 0
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