love
1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection (Freq. 42)
- his love for his work
- children need a lot of love
• Ant:
hate
• Hypernyms:
emotion
• Hyponyms:
worship, adoration, agape, agape love, filial love,
ardor, ardour, amorousness, enamoredness, puppy love, calf love,
crush, infatuation, devotion, devotedness, benevolence, heartstrings,
lovingness, caring, loyalty
2. any object of warm affection or devotion (Freq. 3)
- the theater was her first love
- he has a passion for cock fighting
• Syn:
passion
• Hypernyms:
object
3. a beloved person;
used as terms of endearment (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
beloved, dear, dearest, honey
• Derivationally related forms:
dear (for: dear), beloved (for: beloved)
• Hypernyms:
lover
4. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction (Freq. 1)
- their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
- she was his first love
• Syn:
sexual love, erotic love
• Hypernyms:
sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction
5. a score of zero in tennis or squash
- it was 40 love
• Hypernyms:
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
• Syn:
sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love life
• Hypernyms:
sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
1. have a great affection or liking for (Freq. 43)
- I love French food
- She loves her boss and works hard for him
• Ant:
hate
• Derivationally related forms:
loveable, lovable, lover
• Hyponyms:
care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure, dote, adore
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. get pleasure from (Freq. 26)
- I love cooking
• Syn:
enjoy
• Derivationally related forms:
enjoyment (for: enjoy), enjoyer (for: enjoy), lover
• Hypernyms:
like
• Hyponyms:
get off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They love him to write the letter
3. be enamored or in love with (Freq. 13)
- She loves her husband deeply
• Derivationally related forms:
loveable, lovable, lover
• Hyponyms:
romance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot love Sue
4. have sexual intercourse with
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
• Syn:
sleep together, roll in the hay, 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,
eff, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang,
get it on, bonk
• Derivationally related forms:
bed (for: bed), fucker (for: fuck), fucking (for: fuck), fuck (for: fuck), screw (for: screw), screwing (for: screw), lover
• Usage Domain:
archaism (for: screw)
• Hypernyms:
copulate, mate, pair, couple
• Hyponyms:
take, have, fornicate
• Verb Group:
neck, make out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: lie with)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: hump)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: fuck)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: screw)
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