noun
[noncount] :a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person
[noncount] :attraction that includes sexual desire :the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship
When people begin to feel romantic love for each other, they fall in love.
People are sometimes said to fall out of love when they stop loving each other.
If people fall in love with each other when they first meet, it is called love at first sight. This phrase is also used figuratively.
[count] :a person you love in a romantic way
[singular] chiefly Brit
a kind or helpful person :dear
b - used to address someone in a loving or friendly way
[noncount] :an expression of love and affection
[singular] :a feeling of great interest, affection, or enthusiasm for something - often + for or of
[count] :something about which a person feels great interest or enthusiasm
[singular] :a score of zero in tennis
all's fair in love and war
for love or money
or chiefly Brit for love nor money
informal - used to give added force to a negative statement
for the love of God
also for the love of Mike/Pete
informal - used to give added force to an angry statement
labor of love
love is blind
used to say that people do not see the faults of the people that they love;
make love
to have sex with someone
no love lost
When there is no love lost or very little love lost between people, they dislike each other.
verb
loves; loved; loving
to feel great affection for (someone) :to feel love for (someone) [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to feel sexual or romantic love for (someone)
[+ obj] to like or desire (something) very much :to take great pleasure in (something)
b informal :to be very amused by (something)
[+ obj] :to do very well in (certain specified conditions)
I must love you and leave you
Brit informal - used to say that you have to leave
loved one
Your loved ones are the people you love, especially members of your family.