love

love

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

1. (transitive) To have a strong affection for.

   I love my spouse.

   I love you.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI

     ""I know how difficult your position is,"" I said; ""but dont feel that you are alone. There is--is one here who--who would do anything in the world for you,"" I ended lamely. She did not withdraw her hand, and she looked up into my face with tears on her cheeks and I read in her eyes the thanks her lips could not voice. Then she looked away across the weird moonlit landscape and sighed. Evidently her new-found philosophy had tumbled about her ears, for she was seemingly taking herself seriously. I wanted to take her in my arms and tell her how I loved her, and had taken her hand from the rail and started to draw her toward me when Olson came blundering up on deck with his bedding.

2. (transitive) To need, thrive on.

   Mold loves moist, dark places.

3. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

   I love walking barefoot on wet grass.

   Id love to join the team.

   I love what youve done with your hair.

4. (transitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to.

   ""You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself."" (Matt. 22:37-38)

5. (transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

   I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.

6. (transitive) To lust for.
7. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)

   I wish I could love her all night long.

love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)

1. (uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

   A mother’s love is not easily shaken.

2. (uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.

   My love of cricket knows no bounds.

3. (uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.

   Your love is the most important thing in my life.

4. (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart

   I met my love by the gasworks wall.

5. (colloquial) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

   Hello, love, how can I help you?

	amore
	darling or sweetheart
	romantic feelings
	strong affection
	(euphemistic): to have sex with
	zero
	Forte sentimento di affetto e di premura verso un'altra persona
	An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

	amare
	be strongly inclined towards doing
	have a strong affection for
	To have an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

adorare

	amato
	Qualcuno amato da qualcun altro
	Someone that one loves.

	bene
	be strongly inclined towards doing

	fare
	(euphemistic): to have sex with

	voler
	be strongly inclined towards doing

accarezzare

affetto

apprezzare

bellezza

compassione

desiderare

desiderio

dolore

fare l’amore

favore

inezia

innamorato

intenzione

passione

pena

piacere

potere

rispettare

stimare

valutare

voler bene

voler bene a

volere

volere bene

volontà

zero punti

Altri significati:

to need, thrive on

(racquet sports) zero, no score.

(transitive) To lust for.

(transitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to.

(uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.

love (a child)

(transitive) To need, thrive on.

(transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of '''like''' .

care about; will good for

(Tennis) Score of zero.

(transitive) To have a strong affection for.

(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

(to) love (a child)

(uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.

to lust for

To have sex with.

(transitive, euphemism) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)

(colloquial) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

(countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart

(uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

(to) love

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