LOVE
love (l�v) noun
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3. a. Sexual passion. b. Sexual intercourse. c. A love affair.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7. a. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language. b. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love. Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
9. Often Love . Theology. Charity.
10. Love. Christian Science. God.
11. Sports. A zero score in tennis.
verb
loved, loving, loves verb, transitive
1. To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person): We love our parents. I love my friends.
2. To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person).
3. To have an intense emotional attachment to: loves his house.
4. a. To embrace or caress. b. To have sexual intercourse with.
5. To like or desire enthusiastically: loves swimming.
6. Theology. To have charity for.
7. To thrive on; need: The cactus loves hot, dry air.
verb, intransitive To experience deep affection or intense desire for another.
- idiom.
for love
Out of compassion; with no thought for a reward: She volunteers at the hospital for love.
for love or money
Under any circumstances. Usually used in negative sentences: I would not do that for love or money.
for the love of
For the sake of; in consideration for: did it all for the love of praise.
no love lost
No affection; animosity: There's no love lost between them.
[Middle English, from Old English lufu.]
Synonyms: love, affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation. These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person. Love suggests a more intense feeling than that associated with the other words of this group: married for love. Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard: parental affection. Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication; it implies a more selfless, often more abiding feeling than love: The devotion of the aged couple is inspiring. Fondness is strong liking or affection: showed their fondness for their grandchildren by financing their education. Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction, often of short duration: Their infatuation blinded them to the fundamental differences in their points of view. See also synonyms at like1.
LIKE1
like (l�k) verb liked, liking, likes verb, transitive 1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy. 2. To want to have: would like some coffee. 3. To feel about; regard: How do you like her nerve! 4. Archaic. To be pleasing to.
verb, intransitive 1. To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there. 2. Scots. To be pleased.
noun Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
[Middle English liken, from Old English l�cian, to please.]
Synonyms: like, love, enjoy, relish, fancy, dote. These verbs mean to be attracted to or to find agreeable. Like, the least forceful, suggests mere interest, approval, or favor: "I may like him well enough; but you don't love your servants" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Love implies a strong attachment or intense affection and deep involvement on an emotional level: "All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them" (Oliver Goldsmith). Enjoy is applied to what gives personal satisfaction or pleasure: "There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it" (Logan Pearsall Smith). Relish applies to what moves one to keen or zestful appreciation: "Every great and original writer . . . must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished" (William Wordsworth). One fancies what appeals to one's taste, inclination, imagination, or notion of what a person or thing should be: She fancies elegant clothes and jewelry. Caviar is a delicacy, but few children fancy it. Dote implies foolish, extravagant attachment: He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.
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Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
Thanks a lot everyone who took their time to answer. You're very friendly bunch and I really like you <evil grin>...
Know I can claim a little better knowledge of English than, say, yesterday <grin>.
Thanks!
Boris
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