love
noun
1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- his love for his work
- children need a lot of love
Definition categories: feeling, emotion
2. any object of warm affection or devotion
- the theater was her first love
Similar word(s): passion
Definition categories: thought, object
3. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Similar word(s): beloved, dear, dearest, honey
Definition categories: person, lover
4. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
- their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
- she was his first love
Definition categories: feeling, concupiscence, eros
5. a score of zero in tennis or squash
- it was 40 love
Definition categories: quantity, score
6. 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
Similar word(s): lovemaking
Definition categories: act, sex
Sentences with love as a noun:
- A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
- My love of cricket knows no bounds.
- Your love is the most important thing in my life.
- I met my love by the gasworks wall.
- Hello love, how can I help you?
- Cheers love.
- So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
verb
1. have a great affection or liking for
- I love French food
- She loves her boss and works hard for him
Definition categories: emotion
2. get pleasure from
- I love cooking
Similar word(s): enjoy
Definition categories: emotion, like
3. be enamored or in love with
- She loves her husband deeply
Definition categories: emotion, love
4. have sexual intercourse with
Similar word(s): bang, bed, bonk, hump, jazz, know, screw
Definition categories: contact, copulate, couple, mate, pair
Sentences with love as a verb:
- I love my spouse.
- Mold loves moist, dark places.
- I love walking barefoot on wet grass;
- I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
- I wish I could love her all night long.