: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.
: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.
:the center of the total personality, especially with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion: In your heart you know I'm an honest man.
: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.
:capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy.
:spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces.
:the innermost or central part of anything: Notre Dame stands in the very heart of Paris.
:the vital or essential part; core: the heart of the matter.
Over time it was pretty clear what the Lord was doing in our hearts and now we’re sitting here today, starting a whole new chapter together.
“To really get at the heart of this question, we need to go to Venus,” says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at North Carolina State University and a self-professed “Venus evangelical.”
My heart would be beating faster and faster every time he gets the ball.
Its technology is at the heart of the more than 1 billion smartphones sold annually.
It will take more research to confirm the study’s findings and understand what they could mean for these young hearts.
The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
But at the heart of this “Truther” conspiracy theory is the idea that “someone” wants to destroy Bill Cosby.
She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.
Acting legend talks about what role is closest to her heart.
The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
Her heart fluttered violently with fear as she saw that he stepped out after her, and walked by her side toward the house.