what is love ?

Answer 1

love is the most remarkable thing ever. it makes you goofy and no matter what you cant really be mad. it is the most uplifting feeling. it is powerful and strong. here is a few really good quotes, but you have to find your favorite quote on your own.
The Princess Bride:
...You cannot track it not with a thousand bloodhounds and you cannot break it not with a thousand swords.

Boy Meets World:
You do your thing
and ill do mine
and if in the end we end up together,
its beautiful.

heres the dictionary definition
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7. sexual intercourse; copulation.
8. (initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
9. affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.
10. strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.
11. the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.
12. the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.
13. Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
14. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
–verb (used with object)
15. to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.
16. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
17. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.
18. to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.
19. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
20. to have sexual intercourse with.
–verb (used without object)
21. to have love or affection for another person; be in love.
—Verb phrase
22. love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets.
—Idioms
23. for love,
a. out of affection or liking; for pleasure.
b. without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love.
24. for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.
25. in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love.
26. in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work.
27. make love,
a. to embrace and kiss as lovers.
b. to engage in sexual activity.
28. no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers.
[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE lufu, c. OFris luve, OHG luba, Goth lubō; (v.) ME lov(i)en, OE lufian; c. OFris luvia, OHG lubōn to love, L lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief]

—Synonyms 1. tenderness, fondness, predilection, warmth, passion, adoration. 1, 2. Love, affection, devotion all mean a deep and enduring emotional regard, usually for another person. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. 2. liking, inclination, regard, friendliness. 15. like. 16. adore, adulate, worship.
—Antonyms 1, 2. hatred, dislike. 15, 16. detest, hate.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
love (lv) Pronunciation Key
n.
A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
Sexual passion.
Sexual intercourse.
A love affair.
An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
often Love Christianity. Charity.
Sports. A zero score in tennis.

v. loved, lov·ing, loves
v. tr.
To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person): We love our parents. I love my friends.
To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person).
To have an intense emotional attachment to: loves his house.
To embrace or caress.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To like or desire enthusiastically: loves swimming.
Theology. To have charity for.
To thrive on; need: The cactus loves hot, dry air.

v. intr.
To experience deep affection or intense desire for another.

Idioms:
for love
Out of compassion; with no thought for a reward: She volunteers at the hospital for love.
for love or money
Under any circumstances. Usually used in negative sentences: I would not do that for love or money.
for the love of
For the sake of; in consideration for: did it all for the love of praise.
in love
Deeply or passionately enamored: a young couple in love.
Highly or immoderately fond: in love with Japanese painting; in love with the sound of her own voice.
no love lost
No affection; animosity: There's no love lost between them.


[Middle English, from Old English lufu. See leubh- in Indo-European Roots.]
Synonyms: love, affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation
These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person. Love is the most intense: marrying for love. Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard: parental affection. Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication and implies selflessness: teachers admired for their devotion to children. Fondness is strong liking or affection: a fondness for small animals. Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction, often of short duration: lovers blinded to their differences by their mutual infatuation.

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source
love

In addition to the idioms beginning with love, also see all's fair in love and war; course of true love; fall in love; for the love of; labor of love; make love; misery loves company; no love lost; not for love or money; puppy love; somebody up there loves me.

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WordNet - Cite This Source
love

n 1: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" [ant: hate] 2: any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for **** fighting"; [syn: passion] 3: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey] 4: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" 5: a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love" 6: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love life] v 1: have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" [ant: hate] 2: get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: enjoy] 3: be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply" 4: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: 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, ****, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source
love



What many users feel for computers.

"I don't really love computers, I just say that to get them
into bed with me". (Terry Pratchet)

[What did you expect in a computing dictionary?]

(1995-05-10)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2005 Denis Howe
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source
love

This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord
in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John
21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest thou me?" he uses the Greek word
_agapas_; and when Simon answers, he uses the Greek word _philo_, i.e., "I
love." This is the usage in the first and second questions put by our Lord; but
in the third our Lord uses Simon's word. The distinction between these two Greek
words is thus fitly described by Trench:, "_Agapan_ has more of judgment and
deliberate choice; _philein_ has more of attachment and peculiar personal
affection. Thus the 'Lovest thou' (Gr. agapas) on the lips of the Lord seems to
Peter at this moment too cold a word, as though his Lord were keeping him at a
distance, or at least not inviting him to draw near, as in the passionate
yearning of his heart he desired now to do. Therefore he puts by the word and
substitutes his own stronger 'I love' (Gr. philo) in its room. A second time he
does the same. And now he has conquered; for when the Lord demands a third time
whether he loves him, he does it in the word which alone will satisfy Peter
('Lovest thou,' Gr. phileis), which alone claims from him that personal
attachment and affection with which indeed he knows that his heart is full." In
1 Cor. 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the word "charity"
there is rendered in the Revised Version.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

and well youll find out soon enough. a definition cant really describe it.

Answer 2

Love is:: Patient, Kind, Forgiving, Gentle, Understanding, Unconditional, Long suffering.
Love has no Boundaries, Barriers, Conditions.

True Love will have God as the center of any Person, Place or Thing.

Answer 3

a chemical reaction in the brain , an adaptive mechanism evolution produced in order to get us to mate,breed and make sure the males huge around long enough to help raise and protect the resultant offspring
it is not a spiritual mystical connection it's just the way in which nature ensures there are enough offspring to ensure best gene pool spread.
love is a thing which happens in every minutes.

Answer 4

Love is an action that shows how you feel. Its doing something for someone, letting someone leave, its basically doing the best for the person(even if it doesn't make you happy). Love is kind and patient.

Answer 5

love is a strange and very special feelings for some individuals. the special feeling may be for ur lover.wife or children.some people love their pets, vocation, hobby very much than their dear ones.to love something /or some body is great but never hate anybody as it will make you a negative person

Answer 6

a chemical reaction in the brain , an adaptive mechanism evolution produced in order to get us to mate,breed and make sure the males huge around long enough to help raise and protect the resultant offspring
it is not a spiritual mystical connection it's just the way in which nature ensures there are enough offspring to ensure best gene pool spread.

Answer 7

love is when you cant live w/ out that person in your life. they are the last thing you think of before you fall asleep and they are the first thing you think of when you wake up, love makes your life enjoyable. it is fulfillment and happiness to your life. love brings light upon your life

Answer 8

what is love? love is that u love someone so much you would do any thing for that person

Answer 9

love is love there is no explaining it it is different for everybody for me it is when i care so much for somebody and i think about them all the time

Answer 10

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"

Answer 11

to young to know and would love to experience. tell me when u find out will u plzzzzzzzzzz? but heard its a great feelin that most can't explain.