love

Definitions


[lʌv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an intense feeling of deep affection
(e.g: babies fill parents with feelings of love)

- a great interest and pleasure in something
(e.g: his love for football)

- a person or thing that one loves
(e.g: she was the love of his life)

- (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil
(e.g: love fifteen)


Phrases:
- fall in love
- fall out of love
- for love
- for the love of God
- for the love of Mike
- love is blind
- love me, love my dog
- make love
- not for love or money
- the love that dare not speak its name
- there's no love lost between

Origin:
Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by leave and lief


[lʌv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- feel deep affection for (someone)
(e.g: he loved his sister dearly)

- like or enjoy very much
(e.g: I just love dancing)


Phrases:
- fall in love
- fall out of love
- for love
- for the love of God
- for the love of Mike
- love is blind
- love me, love my dog
- make love
- not for love or money
- the love that dare not speak its name
- there's no love lost between

Origin:
Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by leave and lief




definition by Oxford Dictionaries