heart-shaped
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See also: heartshaped
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
heart-shaped (comparative more heart-shaped, superlative most heart-shaped)
- Having the traditional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
- 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
- […] Passing, I leave thee lilac with heart-shaped leaves, / I leave thee there in the door-yard, blooming, returning with spring.
Synonyms[edit]
- cordate (of a leaf, etc)
Hypernyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- almond-shaped · banana-shaped · bell-shaped · brickshaped · cone-shaped · cross-shaped · cup-shaped · domeshaped · egg-shaped · funnelshaped · heart-shaped · hourglass-shaped · leaf-shaped · mushroom-shaped · needle-shaped · pear-shaped · ring-shaped · rod-shaped · spindle-shaped · top-shaped · wedge-shaped
Translations[edit]
having the supposed shape of a heart
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References[edit]
- “heart-shaped”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.