- love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
--1 is a kind of emotion
Antonyms: hate, hatred
--1 has particulars:worship, adoration; agape; ardor, ardour; amorousness, enamoredness; puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation; devotion, devotedness; benevolence; heartstrings; lovingness, caring; loyalty Derived forms: verb love3, verb love2, verb love1 - love, passion - any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting";
--2 is a kind of object
Derived forms: verb love3, verb love2, verb love1 - beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey, love - a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
--3 is a kind of lover
Derived forms: verb love3, verb love1 - love - a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
--4 is a kind of sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction
Derived form: verb love4 - love - a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
--5 is a kind of score
- sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life - sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
--6 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Derived form: verb love4 - sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life - sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
- love - have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
Antonyms: hate, detest
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun love3, noun love2, noun love1, noun lover2, noun lover1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- love, enjoy - get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
--2 is one way to like
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun love2, noun love1, noun lover2, noun lover1
They love him to write the letter
- love - be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
--3 is one way to love
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun love3, noun love2, noun love1, noun lover1
Sam cannot love Sue
- roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
--4 is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun love6, noun love4, noun lover3
Somebody ----s