What is the meaning of heart?

noun

• The locus of feelings and intuitions.
  • usage: "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
  • synonyms: bosom
• The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
  • usage: "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
  • synonyms: pump, ticker
• The courage to carry on.
  • usage: "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
  • synonyms: mettle, nerve, spunk
• An area that is approximately central within some larger region.
  • usage: "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  • synonyms: center, centre, middle, eye
• The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
  • usage: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
  • synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
• An inclination or tendency of a certain kind.
  • usage: "he had a change of heart"
  • synonyms: spirit
• A plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines.
  • usage: "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
• A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal. )
  • usage: "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
• A positive feeling of liking.
  • usage: "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
  • synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
• A playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it.
  • usage: "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"