Definitions for Loving

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Loving lov·ing

Spelling: [luhv-ing]

IPA: /ˈlʌv ɪŋ/

Loving is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in Loving (gilnov).

Definitions for Loving

noun

1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like):
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7. sexual intercourse; copulation.
8. (initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
9. affectionate concern for the well-being of others:
10. strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything:
11. the object or thing so liked:
12. the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.
13. Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
14. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.

Idioms

1. for love, out of affection or liking; for pleasure. without compensation; gratuitously:
2. for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of:
3. in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion:
4. in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of:
5. make love, to embrace and kiss as lovers. to engage in sexual activity.
6. no love lost, dislike; animosity:

adjective

1. feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond:

Verb phrases

1. love up, to hug and cuddle:

verb (used with object)

1. to have love or affection for:
2. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
3. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in:
4. to need or require; benefit greatly from:
5. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
6. to have sexual intercourse with.

verb (used without object)

1. to have love or affection for another person; be in love.

Origin of Loving

before 1000; Middle English lovyng; replacing Middle English lovende, Old English lufiende. See love, -ing²

Examples for Loving

It cannot be loving and spontaneous unless there is a natural impulse behind it.

He must be kind with a common-sense kindness, loving with a common-sense love.

In The Theory of Everything, the “master of the universe” is depicted as a gentle man and loving—albeit conflicted—husband.

Amelia must do this every day in loving Samuel—who often appears as a reminder of the irreparable past and death of Oskar.

But she soldiered on to the end, a loving and faithful companion in victory and defeat.

On the opposite end of the spectrum are two other standout works, which depict Mary as a loving, nurturing mother.

It is an unequal bargain, where one side does all the loving.

Hope is infinitely better than you are, and I believe she is more capable of loving.

There is nothing but sorrow to be found in loving her, and her heart is no larger than her feet.

For whatever reason, I grew up watching and loving horror movies—perhaps as a reaction to the environment I was growing up in.