love
love /lʌv/
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love
noun, verb
nounaffection 
[U] a strong feeling of deep affection for sb/sth, especially a member of
your family or a friend: a mother's love for her children ◆
love of your country ◆ He seems incapable of love.romantic 
[U] a strong feeling of affection for sb that you are sexually attracted
to: a love song / story ◆ We're in love! ◆ She was in love
with him. ◆ They fell in love with each other. ◆ It was love at first sight (=
they were attracted to each other the first time they met). ◆ They're madly in
love. ◆ Their love grew with the years.enjoyment 
[U, sing.] the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you: a love of learning / nature / music ◆ He's in love with his work.
◆ I fell in love with the house.sb / sth you like 
[C] a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much: Take care, my love. ◆ He was the love of my life (= the person I
loved most). ◆ I like most sports but tennis is my first
love.friendly name 
[C] (BrE, spoken, informal) a word used
as a friendly way of addressing sb: Can I help you,
love?Compare: DUCK in tennis 
[U] a score of zero (points or games): 40love! ◆ She
won the first set sixlove / six games to love.Idioms: (just) for love (just) for the love of sth without receiving payment or any other reward: They're all volunteers, working for the love of it. for the love of God (old-fashioned, spoken) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient: For the love of God, tell me what he said! give / send my love to sb (informal) used to send friendly greetings to sb: Give my love to Mary when you see her. ◆ Bob sends his love. love from lots of love (from) (written, informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name: Lots of love, Jenny make love (to sb) to have sex: It was the first time they had made love. not for love or / nor money if you say you cannot do sth for love nor money, you mean it is completely impossible to do it: We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money. there's little / no love lost between A and B they do not like each other: There's no love lost between her and her in-laws. more at CUPBOARD, FAIR adj., HEAD n., LABOUR n.
verbfeel affection
[VN] (not used in the progressive tenses) to have very strong feelings of
affection for sb: I love you. ◆ If you love each other, why
not get married? ◆ Her much-loved brother lay dying of Aids. ◆ He had become a
well-loved and respected member of staff. ◆ Relatives need time to grieve over
loved ones they have lost. ◆ to love your countrylike / enjoy
to like or enjoy sth very much: [VN] I really love
summer evenings. ◆ I just love it when you bring me presents! ◆ He loved the way
she smiled. ◆ I love it in Spain (= I like the life there). ◆ It was one of his
best-loved songs. ◆ (ironic) You're going to love this. They've changed their
minds again. ◆ [V -ing] (especially in BrE) My dad loves going to football games. ◆ [V
to inf] (especially AmE) I love to go out
dancing. ◆ [VN to inf] He loved her to sing to him.
(would love) used to say that you would very much like sth: [V to inf] Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you
sing. ◆ I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to. ◆ [VN to inf] I'd love
her to come and live with us. ◆ [VN] 'Cigarette?' 'I'd love one, but I've
just given up.'Idioms: love you and leave you (spoken, humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer: Well, time to love you and leave you. |
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Sozo - Love
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