v. |
[1] |
cherish
,
admire
,
adore
,
be in love with
,
lose one's heart to
,
worship
,
idolize
,
dote on
,
treasure
,
be infatuated with
,
think the world of
,
adulate
,
hold dear
,
like
,
(Colloq) be hung up on
,
be crazy/nuts/wild/mad about
,
have a crush on
|
[2] |
delight in
,
enjoy
,
take pleasure in
,
derive pleasure/enjoyment from
,
relish
,
be partial to
,
have a passion/preference/taste for
,
be attracted to
,
be captivated by
,
be fond of
,
like
,
enjoy
,
appreciate
,
value
,
(Colloq) get a kick from/out of
,
be wild about
,
be thrilled by
,
(US) get a bang/charge from/out of
|
[3] |
sleep together
,
roll in the hay
,
make out
,
make love
,
sleep with
,
get laid
,
have sex
,
know
,
do it
,
be intimate
,
have intercourse
,
have it away
,
have it off
,
screw
,
fuck
,
jazz
,
eff
,
hump
,
lie with
,
bed
,
have a go at it
,
bang
,
get it on
,
bonk
|
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n. |
[1] |
warmth
,
affection
,
attachment
,
fondness
,
tenderness
,
devotion
,
attraction
,
friendship
,
amity
,
regard
,
admiration
,
fancy
,
adoration
,
adulation
,
ardour
,
passion
,
fervour
,
rapture
,
infatuation
|
[2] |
liking
,
passion
,
delight
,
enjoyment
,
pleasure
,
fondness
,
attraction
,
predilection
,
bent
,
leaning
,
proclivity
,
inclination
,
disposition
,
weakness
,
partiality
,
preference
,
taste
,
relish
,
passion
|
[3] |
darling
,
beloved
,
dear
,
beloved
,
sweetheart
,
dearest
,
honey
,
sweetie
,
sweet
,
honey
,
dear one
,
dearest
,
angel
,
turtle-dove
,
true-love
,
light of one's life
,
lover
,
paramour
,
mate
,
intended
,
betrothed
,
girlfriend
,
inamorata
,
lady-love
,
young lady
,
fiancee
,
boyfriend
,
beau
,
inamorato
,
suitor
,
swain
,
young man
,
fiance
,
(Archaic) leman
,
tally
,
(Colloq) girl
,
woman
,
guy
,
man
|
[4] |
sympathy
,
sexual love
,
erotic love
,
tenderness
,
concern
,
charity
,
care
,
solicitude
,
affinity
,
rapport
,
harmony
,
brotherhood
,
sisterhood
,
fellow-feeling
|
[5] |
love affair
,
amour
,
liaison
,
affair
,
romance
,
relationship
,
intrigue passion
,
mania
,
(Colloq) thing
|
[6] |
make love (to)/(with)
,
sexual love
,
lovemaking
,
embrace
,
cuddle
,
making love
,
love life
,
caress
,
fondle
,
have sexual intercourse
,
(Archaic) take
,
know
,
(Colloq) neck
,
pet
,
canoodle
,
romance
,
have sex
,
make the beast with two backs
,
(US/Canadian) make out
,
(Colloq) (Slang) screw
,
fuck
,
hump
,
bang
,
(Brit) roger
,
bonk
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