love /luv/

1. Fondness
2. Charity
3. An affection for something that gives pleasure
4. Strong liking
5. Devoted attachment to another person
6. Sexual attachment
7. A love affair
8. The object of affection
9. A term of address indicating endearment or affection (often spelled luv to represent dialect or informal use)
10. The god of love, Cupid, Eros, etc (mythology)
11. A kindness, a favour done (Shakespeare)
12. The mere pleasure of playing, without stakes
13. In some games, no score

1. To be fond of
2. To regard with pleasure and affection
3. To delight in with exclusive affection
4. To regard with benevolence

To feel love and affection

lovabilˈity or loveabilˈity noun

lovˈable or loveˈable /luvˈə-bl/ adjective

1. Worthy of love
2. Amiable
3. Attracting affection

lovˈableness or loveˈableness noun

loveˈless adjective

loveˈlessly adverb

loveˈlessness noun

loveˈlihead noun (rare)

Loveliness

loveˈlily adverb (rare)

loveˈliness noun

loveˈly adjective

1. Exciting admiration
2. Attractive
3. Extremely beautiful
4. Delightful (informal)
5. Loving, amorous (Shakespeare)

1. Delightfully, very well (informal)
2. Lovingly (Spenser)
3. Beautifully (obsolete)

A beautiful woman, esp a showgirl or model

lovˈer noun

1. Someone who loves, esp someone in a sexual relationship with another person
2. One of the partners in a love affair, a paramour
3. Someone who is fond of anything
4. A friend (Shakespeare)

Denoting someone with a keen interest in, eg animal-lover, bird-lover

lovˈered adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a love

lovˈerless adjective

lovˈerly adjective (archaic)

Like a lover

loveˈsome adjective (archaic)

1. Lovely
2. Loving

loveˈworthy adjective

Worthy of being loved

lovˈey noun (informal)

A term of endearment

lovˈing noun and adjective

lovˈingly adverb

lovˈingness noun

love affair noun

A romantic sexual relationship, esp a short-lived one

love apple noun

The tomato

loveˈ-arrow noun

1. A hair-like crystal of rutile enclosed in quartz (mineralogy)
2. A calcareous dart protruded by a snail, supposed to have a sexual function

loveˈbird noun

1. A small African parrot (genus Agapornis), strongly attached to its mate
2. Extended to other kinds of bird
3. Either of the (esp romantically demonstrative) partners in a sexual relationship (facetious)

loveˈbite noun

A temporary red patch on the skin caused by a sucking kiss

loveˈ-broˈker noun (Shakespeare)

A go-between in love affairs

loveˈ-charm noun

A magic spell intended to induce someone to fall in love, esp in the form of a philtre

love child noun

An illegitimate child

loveˈ-day noun (Shakespeare)

A day for settling disputes

loveˈ-drug noun

Indian hemp

loveˈ-favour noun

Something given to be worn as a token of love

love feast noun

The agape, or a religious feast in imitation of it

loveˈ-feat noun

An act of courtship

love game noun (tennis)

A game in which the loser has not scored (possibly from Fr l’œuf egg, cf duck¹ in cricket)

love handles plural noun

An affectionate term for the deposit of fat sometimes found on either side of the back just below the waist

love-hate relationship noun

A relationship which alternates between emotional extremes, or in which both emotions exist concurrently

loveˈ-in noun

A gathering devoted to sexual activity, of idealistic rather than orgiastic nature

loveˈ-in-a-mistˈ noun

1. A fennel-flower (Nigella damascena)
2. A West Indian passion flower

loveˈ-in-iˈdleness noun

The pansy

loveˈ-juice noun

A concoction dropped in the eye to induce someone to fall in love

loveˈ-knot or lover's knot noun

An intricate knot, used as a token of love

love letter noun

A letter to one's lover expressing feelings of affection

loveˈ-lies-bleedˈing noun

A kind of amaranth with a drooping red spike

love life noun

A state of events in, or area of life concerning, romance or sexual attachments

loveˈlight noun

A lustre in the eye expressing love

loveˈlock noun

A long or prominent lock of hair, esp one hanging at the ear, worn by men of fashion in Elizabethan and Jacobean times

loveˈlorn adjective

1. Forsaken by one's love
2. Pining for love

loveˈlornness noun

loveˈmaker noun

loveˈmaking noun

1. Sexual play and usu intercourse
2. Amorous courtship

love match noun

A marriage for love, not money, status, etc

loveˈ-monger noun (rare)

Someone who deals in affairs of love

love nest noun

A place where lovers meet or live, esp when illicitly

love potion noun

A philtre

love rat noun (informal)

An unfaithful partner in a relationship (usu a man)

lover's knot see love-knot above.

lovers' lane noun

A quiet path or road frequented by lovers

lovers' rock noun

A type of reggae with a slow beat

love seat noun

An armchair for two

loveˈ-shaft noun

A dart of love from Cupid's bow

loveˈsick adjective

1. Sad, pining for love
2. Languishing with love

loveˈsickness noun

loveˈ-song noun

A song expressing or relating to love

loveˈ-story noun

A story with romantic love as its subject

loveˈstruck or loveˈ-stricken adjective

1. Affected by love for someone
2. Infatuated

loveˈ-suit noun (Shakespeare)

Courtship

loveˈ-token noun

A gift in evidence of love

lovey-dovey /luvˈi-duvˈi/ adjective (informal)

Sentimentally and (over-)demonstratively affectionate

loving cup noun

A cup passed round at the end of a feast for all to drink from

loving kindness noun (Bible)

1. Kindness full of love
2. Tender regard
3. Mercy

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