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NOUN | 1 | love | A strong positive emotion of regard and affection |
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2 | love, passion | Any object of warm affection or devotion | |
3 | love, beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey | A beloved person | |
4 | love | A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction | |
5 | love | A score of zero in tennis or squash | |
6 | love, sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love life | Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | |
VERB | 1 | love | Have a great affection or liking for |
2 | love, enjoy | Get pleasure from | |
3 | love | Be enamored or in love with | |
4 | love, roll in the hay, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk | Have sexual intercourse with |
Sounds | lah'v |
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Rhymes | above, aversive, Brezhnev, and 11 more rhymes in ahv at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A strong positive emotion of regard and affection. |
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Examples | "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
Narrower | worship, adoration; agape; ardor, ardour; amorousness, enamoredness; puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation; devotion, devotedness; benevolence; heartstrings; lovingness, caring; loyalty |
Broader | emotion |
Contrary | hate, hatred |
Verbs | love; love; love |
Meaning | Any object of warm affection or devotion. |
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Examples | "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting"; |
Synonyms | passion |
Broader | object |
Verbs | love; love; love |
Meaning | A beloved person. Used as terms of endearment. |
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Synonyms | beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey |
Broader | lover |
Verbs | love; love |
Meaning | A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction. |
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Examples | "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" |
Broader | sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction |
Verbs | love |
Meaning | A score of zero in tennis or squash. |
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Examples | "it was 40 love" |
Broader | score |
Meaning | Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people. |
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Examples | "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" |
Synonyms | sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love life |
Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity |
Verbs | love |
Meaning | Have a great affection or liking for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
Narrower | love; care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure; dote; adore |
Contrary | hate, detest |
Nouns | lover; love; love; love; lover |
Meaning | Get pleasure from. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Model | They love him to write the letter |
Examples | "I love cooking" |
Synonyms | enjoy |
Narrower | get off |
Broader | like |
Nouns | lover; love; love; lover |
Meaning | Be enamored or in love with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot love Sue |
Examples | "She loves her husband deeply" |
Narrower | romance |
Broader | love |
Nouns | love; love; love; lover |
Meaning | Have sexual intercourse with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | roll in the hay, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk |
Entailed by | seduce, score, make; consummate |
Narrower | take, have; fornicate |
Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple |
Similar to | neck, make out |
Nouns | love; love; lover |