Kilo Lingo

heart

/hɑːt/

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Translation

The part inside your body that pushes blood around and keeps you alive.

Word origin

From Old English heorte, the old Germanic word for the heart.

Origin
Old English
Root
heorte

Grammar

Gender
Pluralhearts

Examples

beating fast.

"Heart" is the part inside the body that pushes blood.

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"Hearts" is the plural, meaning more than one heart.

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Here "heart" means the way she feels about others.

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This word is part of lesson 11.