WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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half*, climate, weather, arctic, cyclone, storm, woman, meteorology>, prognostication
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affection, affectionateness, bosom, center, centre, core, essence, eye, fondness, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, mettle, middle, nerve, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, pump, spirit, spunk, substance, sum, tenderness, ticker, warmheartedness,
1. NOUN. (heart)
a playing card in the major suit of hearts
"he led the queen of hearts"
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2. NOUN. (heart)
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
"he had a change of heart"
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3. NOUN. (heart)
the courage to carry on
"he kept fighting on pure spunk"
"you haven''t got the heart for baseball"
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4. NOUN. (heart)
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs
its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body
"he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
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5. NOUN. (heart)
the locus of feelings and intuitions
"in your heart you know it is true"
"her story would melt your bosom"
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6. NOUN. (heart)
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor''s argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
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7. NOUN. (heart)
a positive feeling of liking
"he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"
"the child won everyone''s heart"
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8. NOUN. (heart)
a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
"a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
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9. NOUN. (heart)
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
"it is in the center of town"
"they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"
"they were in the eye of the storm"
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center stage, centre stage, city center, city centre, central city, storm center, storm centre, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, seat, City of London, the City, midstream,
