Definitions for loves

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loves love

Spelling: [luhv]

IPA: /lʌv/

Loves is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in loves (elosv).

Definitions for loves

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:

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 loves

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English lufu, cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubō; (v.) Middle English lov(i)en, Old English lufian; cognate with Old Frisi

Examples for loves

It upsets me because I used to really, and still do sometimes, love the articles Salon writes.

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

It had the pure and placid expression of the human soul, when it dwells in love and peace.

He talked about his love for his daughters, Taelor and Sydni, who were still very young at the time.

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.

I believe he has given the Athenians philtres to make them love him.

Though younger than myself, she reciprocated the love she had inspired.

And we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy.

I fly to seek a kindlier sphere, Since thou hast ceased to love me here.

This so excited the admiration of Speusippus, that a love of philosophy was kindled within him.