ALL meanings of take heart
take heart
T t - noun take heart Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body. 1
- noun take heart Zoology. the homologous structure in other vertebrates, consisting of four chambers in mammals and birds and three chambers in reptiles and amphibians. the analogous contractile structure in invertebrate animals, as the tubular heart of the spider and earthworm. 1
- noun take heart the center of the total personality, especially with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion: In your heart you know I'm an honest man. 1
- noun take heart the center of emotion, especially as contrasted to the head as the center of the intellect: His head told him not to fall in love, but his heart had the final say. 1
- noun take heart capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy. 1
- noun take heart spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces. 1
- noun take heart the innermost or central part of anything: Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris. 1
- noun take heart the vital or essential part; core: the heart of the matter. 1
- noun take heart the breast or bosom: to clasp a person to one's heart. 1
- noun take heart a person (used especially in expressions of praise or affection): dear heart. 1
- noun take heart a conventional shape with rounded sides meeting in a point at the bottom and curving inward to a cusp at the top. 1
- noun take heart a red figure or pip of this shape on a playing card. 1
- noun take heart a card of the suit bearing such figures. 1
- noun take heart hearts. (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Hearts is trump. Hearts are trump. (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players try to avoid taking tricks containing this suit. 1
- noun take heart Botany. the core of a tree; the solid central part without sap or albumen. 1
- noun take heart good condition for production, growth, etc., as of land or crops. 1
- noun take heart Also called core. Ropemaking. a strand running through the center of a rope, the other strands being laid around it. 1
- verb with object take heart Archaic. to fix in the heart. to encourage. 1
- verb with object take heart Informal. to like or enjoy very much; love: I heart Chicago. 1
- idioms take heart after one's own heart, in keeping with one's taste or preference: There's a man after my own heart! 1
- idioms take heart at heart, in reality; fundamentally; basically: At heart she is a romantic. 1
- idioms take heart break someone's heart, to cause someone great disappointment or sorrow, as to disappoint in love: The news that their son had been arrested broke their hearts. 1
- idioms take heart by heart, by memory; word-for-word: They knew the song by heart. 1
- idioms take heart cross one's heart, to maintain the truth of one's statement; affirm one's integrity: That's exactly what they told me, I cross my heart! 1
- idioms take heart do someone's heart good, to give happiness or pleasure to; delight: It does my heart good to see you again. 1
- idioms take heart eat one's heart out, to have jealousy, longing, or sorrow dominate one's emotions (often used in the imperative and with jocular reference to a famous potential rival): My baby is a genius—Einstein, eat your heart out! He’s eating his heart out over his defeat. 1
- idioms take heart from the bottom of one's heart, with complete sincerity. Also, from one's heart, from the heart. 1
- idioms take heart have a heart, to be compassionate or merciful: Please have a heart and give her another chance. 1
- idioms take heart have at heart, to have as an object, aim, or desire: to have another's best interests at heart. 1
- idioms take heart have one's heart in one's mouth, to be very anxious or fearful: He wanted to do the courageous thing, but his heart was in his mouth. 1
- idioms take heart have one's heart in the right place, to be fundamentally kind, generous, or well-intentioned: The old gentleman may have a stern manner, but his heart is in the right place. 1
- idioms take heart heart and soul, enthusiastically; fervently; completely: They entered heart and soul into the spirit of the holiday. 1
- idioms take heart in one's heart of hearts, in one's private thoughts or feelings; deep within one: He knew, in his heart of hearts, that the news would be bad. 1
- idioms take heart lose one's heart to, to fall in love with: He lost his heart to the prima ballerina. 1
- idioms take heart near one's heart, of great interest or concern to one: It is a cause that is very near his heart. Also, close to one's heart. 1
- idioms take heart not have the heart, to lack the necessary courage or callousness to do something: No one had the heart to tell him he was through as an actor. 1
- idioms take heart pour out one's heart, to reveal one's thoughts or private feelings: She poured out her heart to me. Also, open one's heart. 1
- idioms take heart set one's heart against, to be unalterably opposed to: She had set her heart against selling the statue. Also, have one's heart set against. 1
- idioms take heart set one's heart at rest, to dismiss one's anxieties: She couldn't set her heart at rest until she knew he had returned safely. 1
- idioms take heart set one's heart on, to wish for intensely; determine on: She has set her heart on going to Europe after graduation. Also, have one's heart set on. 1
- idioms take heart take heart, to regain one's courage; become heartened: Her son's death was a great blow, but she eventually took heart, convinced that God had willed it. 1
- idioms take heart take / lay to heart, to think seriously about; concern oneself with: He took to heart his father's advice. to be deeply affected by; grieve over: She was prone to take criticism too much to heart. 1
- idioms take heart to one's heart's content, until one is satisfied; as much or as long as one wishes: The children played in the snow to their heart's content. 1
- idioms take heart wear one's heart on one's sleeve, to make one's intimate feelings or personal affairs known to all: She was not the kind who would wear her heart on her sleeve. to be liable to fall in love; fall in love easily: How lovely to be young and wear our hearts on our sleeves! 1
- idioms take heart with all one's heart, with earnestness or zeal. with willingness; cordially: She welcomed the visitors with all her heart. 1
- verbal expression take heart feel encouraged 1
- phrase take heart If you take heart from something, you are encouraged and made to feel optimistic by it. 0
- noun take heart to become encouraged 0
- noun take heart to have more courage or confidence; cheer up 0