noun.
One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
noun.
A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.
verb.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heart.
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noun.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
Word Usage
"Where hearts are not wilfully closed against such preaching of "_the truth as it is in Jesus_," they will, through its power, become "_broken and contrite hearts_," from which will arise earnest pleadings for forgiveness and acceptance."