What is 'love'?

Answer 1

The Bible says "God is love". (I John 4:8)
If you want a list of the attributes of love:
" If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. "
I Corinthians 13:1-13 NASB
The highest love was demonstrated when God, in the person of Jesus Christ died on a cross as a redeeming sacrifice for the sins of mankind.

Answer 2

Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
but the greatest of them all is love.

Answer 3

Your natural state combined with the elation that accompanies the sudden dropping of the walls you create around yourself and the freedom you suddenly feel in the company of someone (something) you identify with.

It's possible to keep those walls down.

I love you, all of you. Always will.

Answer 4

'love' is the word love in single-quotes

Answer 5

a word in the english language

Answer 6

God! 1 John 4:8

Answer 7

Definitions of love on the Web:

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for **** fighting";
have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
roll in the hay: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
sexual love: 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"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Love has many meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure ("I loved that movie") to something one would die for (patriotism, pairbonding). It can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love. Probably due to its large psychological relevance, love is one of the most common themes in art. The majority of modern movies have a love story and most pop music is about love.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

Love was an American rock group of the 1960s and 1970s. They were led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee (born March 7, 1945 in Memphis).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)

1. Nirvana2. Big neon glitter3. Love4. Brother wolf, sister moon5. Rain6. Phoenix7. Hollow man8. Revolution9. She sells sanctuary10. Black angel[Image
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(album)

The ancient Greeks had four different words we translate love. It is important to understand the difference between the words:
www.calvarychapel.com/redbarn/terms.htm

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mysticsmountain.tripod.com/glossary1.htm

a Primary Principle and a prime virtue, is the feminine Mother aspect of God, nourishing and sustaining as the Substance of which everything is created. Love is the cohesive power of attraction throughout the universes. The 2nd Emanation, the Mother-God Principle contains all Feminine Aspects of God as Personality; it is the Blue Ray of Love or blue color of Principle as the Mother. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ...
miriams-well.org/Glossary/

A players game score when he / she has no yet won a point during the game
www.henin-hardenne.be/bin/glossary_en.asp

is energy; it sustains all form and formlessness; our true identity. Love lives in the Heart. It is the Glue of the Universe. It is a Soul quality. (see Soul Qualities)
www.goddirect.org/glossary/l.htm

The state of the game, in rubber bridge, where there is yet no score.
www.bridgeguys.com/LGlossary/GlossL.html

thin silk used for ribbons, with narrow satin stripes.
romancereaderatheart.com/regency/timeline/

The unifying agent of universal design, which is based upon the Intent of best benefit to all, as well as high vibrational states. A mutuality of appreciation in the common recognition of Oneness. That inherent quality of existence whose depth of feeling liberates and inspires spiritual revelation. SEE VIBRATION
www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/glossary.html

An emotion of deep affection or devotion.
www.godonthe.net/dictionary/l.html

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www.music.us/education/J/Johnny-Cash.htm

Is the most profoundly integrated state in the universe. It is simultaneously the highest, deepest and most powerful state of consciousness.
www.yogaatlantic.ca/terms.html

In tennis scoring love means nothing, hence love-thirty is 0-30. A common (but unproven) explanation for the term "love" to signify a score of zero is that it originates from the French term "l'oeuf." Another explanation is based on the idea that to do something for love is to do something for nothing (zero).
www.tenniswollongong.com.au/constitution.htm

Answer 8

Like "riverkid" said, God is Love.

Answer 9

Loves is alot like faith, you know it when you feel it.

Answer 10

to me it's kind of like what god is to some cultures- to try to define it it is to put limits to it. It's more than the emotion, more than it's possible to convey...