love
/lʌv/ verb A1- To have a strong affection for (someone or something). · I love my spouse. I love you! I love that song!
- To need, thrive on. · Mold loves moist, dark places.
- To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. · I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair
- To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
- To derive delight from a fact or situation. · I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
- Synonym of heart (verb). · She loved my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.
- To have sex with (perhaps from make love). · I wish I could love her all night long.
Plural love · He/she/it loves · Past loved · Past participle loved · -ing form loving
Verb forms
- Base form
- love
- He/she/it
- loves
- Past
- loved
- Past participle
- loved
- -ing form
- loving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I haven’t had time to make love to you in the ordinary way, but I really do love you.
I love you, Miss Leslie.
A little emblem of true love—a little ring that symbolised unending and unmercenary affection—was the cause of our Richard finding his happiness.
He spoke to his love and won her there while the cab was hemmed in.
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