[Sửa](foll. by verbal noun, or to + infin.) beinclined, esp. as a habit; greatly enjoy; find pleasure in(children love dressing up; loves to find fault).
[Sửa]A religious service ofMethodists, etc., imitating this. love game a game in which theloser makes no score. love-hate relationship an intenselyemotional relationship in which one or each party has ambivalentfeelings of love and hate for the other. love-in-a-mist ablue-flowered garden plant, Nigella damascena, with manydelicate green bracts. love-letter a letter expressing feelingsof sexual love. love-lies-bleeding a garden plant, Amaranthuscaudatus, with drooping spikes of purple-red blooms. love-matcha marriage made for love's sake. love-nest a place of intimatelovemaking. love-seat an armchair or small sofa for two. makelove (often foll. by to) 1 have sexual intercourse (with).
[Sửa]Archaic pay amorous attention (to). not for love or moneycolloq. not in any circumstances. out of love no longer inlove.