| love | |
| 1. n. Strong affection. | |
| 2. n. A profound and caring affection towards someone. | |
| A mother’s love is not easily shaken. | |
| My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life. | |
| 3. n. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being. | |
| 4. n. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. | |
| I have never been in love as much as I have with you. | |
| 5. n. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something. | |
| My love of cricket knows no bounds. | |
| 6. n. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | |
| 7. n. (colloquial, British) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. | |
| Hello love, how can I help you? | |
| 8. n. A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm. | |
| 9. n. (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction. | |
| 10. n. (euphemistic) Sexual activity. | |
| 11. n. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair. | |
| 12. n. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young. | |
| 13. n. (altcaps, Love, , personification of love). | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A thin silk material. | |
| 15. n. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba. | |
| 16. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | |
| I love my spouse. I love you! | |
| 17. v. To need, thrive on. | |
| Mold loves moist, dark places. | |
| 18. v. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. | |
| I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair | |
| 19. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). | |
| 20. v. To derive delight from a fact or situation. | |
| I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte. | |
| 21. v. To lust for. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.) | |
| I wish I could love her all night long. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise; commend. | |
| 24. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on. | |
| 25. n. (racquet sports) Zero, no score. | |
| So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova. | |
