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Fond and Love Definitions

Fond

Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection
Fond of ballet.
Fond of my nieces and nephews.

Love

A strong feeling of affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship.

Fond

Affectionate; tender
A fond embrace.

Love

A strong feeling of affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction.

Fond

Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting
Fond grandparents who tended to spoil the child.
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Love

A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.

Fond

Cherished; dear
My fondest hopes.

Love

A feeling of kindness or concern by God or a god toward humans.

Fond

(Archaic) Naively credulous or foolish.

Love

Often Love(Christianity) Charity.
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Fond

The background of a design in lace.

Love

Sexual desire or activity
The pleasures of love.
A night of love.

Fond

Having a liking or affection (for).
I am fond of this song!

Love

An instance of being in love
Teenage loves can be as fleeting as they are intense.

Fond

Affectionate.
A fond farewell
A fond mother or wife
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Love

A person for whom one has strong feelings of affection
She met her new love at the restaurant.

Fond

Indulgent.
I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

Love

Used as a term of endearment for such a person.

Fond

Outlandish; foolish; silly.
Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

Love

An intense emotional attachment to something, as to a pet or treasured object.

Fond

(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.

Love

An expression of one's affection
Send him my love.

Fond

(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

Love

A strong predilection or enthusiasm
A love of language.
Love for the game of golf.

Fond

(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

Love

The object of such an enthusiasm
The outdoors is her greatest love.

Fond

(obsolete) To caress; to fondle.

Love

Love(Mythology) Eros or Cupid.

Fond

The background design in lace-making.

Love

(Sports) A score of zero, as in tennis.

Fond

(cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.

Love

To feel love for (a person)
We love our parents. I love my friends.

Fond

(information science) A group of records having shared provenance.

Love

To feel sexual love for (a person).

Fond

(obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.

Love

To feel devotion to (God or a god).

Fond

(obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Love

To feel or show kindness or concern to (a person). Used of God or a god.

Fond

Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
Grant I may never prove so fondTo trust man on his oath or bond.

Love

To have an intense emotional attachment to
Loves his house.

Fond

Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

Love

To embrace or caress
They were loving each other on the sofa.

Fond

Affectionate; loving; tender; - in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.

Love

To have sexual intercourse with.

Fond

Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; - followed by of (formerly also by on).
More fond on her than she upon her love.
You are as fond of grief as of your child.
A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures.

Love

To like or desire enthusiastically
Loves swimming.

Fond

Doted on; regarded with affection.
Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

Love

To thrive on; need
The cactus loves hot, dry air.

Fond

Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.

Love

To feel love or sexual love for another.

Fond

To caress; to fondle.
The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

Love

(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.

Fond

To be fond; to dote.

Love

(uncountable) Strong affection.

Fond

Foundation; bottom; groundwork;

Love

A profound and caring affection towards someone.
A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.

Fond

Fund, stock, or store.

Love

Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.

Fond

Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace

Love

A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
I have never been in love as much as I have with you.

Fond

Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;
Adoring grandparents
Deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
Hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother

Love

A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
My love of cricket knows no bounds.

Fond

Absurd or silly because unlikely;
Fond hopes of becoming President
Fond fancies

Love

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

Fond

(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;
Fond of chocolate
Partial to horror movies

Love

A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
Hello love, how can I help you?

Love

A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.

Love

(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.

Love

(euphemistic) Sexual activity.

Love

An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.

Love

Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.

Love

(obsolete) A thin silk material.

Love

A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.

Love

Zero, no score.
So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.

Love

Nothing; no recompense.

Love

To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
I love my spouse.
I love you!
I love that song!

Love

(transitive) To need, thrive on.
Mold loves moist, dark places.

Love

(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
I love walking barefoot on wet grass;
I'd love to join the team;
I love what you've done with your hair

Love

To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

Love

(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.

Love

To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
I wish I could love her all night long.

Love

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we proveThou countest sons' and mothers' loveMost sacred, most Thine own.

Love

Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his sideLeaning half-raised, with looks of cordial loveHung over her enamored.

Love

Courtship; - chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,And won her soul.

Love

Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; - opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast.

Love

Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God.

Love

The object of affection; - often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.
Open the temple gates unto my love.

Love

Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
Such was his form as painters, when they showTheir utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.

Love

A thin silk stuff.

Love

A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).

Love

Nothing; no points scored on one side; - used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love.

Love

Sexual intercourse; - a euphemism.
A little western flower,Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;And maidens call it love-in-idleness.

Love

To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.

Love

To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.

Love

To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry.Arts which I loved.

Love

To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

Love

A strong positive emotion of regard and affection;
His love for his work
Children need a lot of love

Love

Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting

Love

A beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Love

A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;
Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
She was his first love

Love

A score of zero in tennis or squash;
It was 40 love

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

Love

Have a great affection or liking for;
I love French food
She loves her boss and works hard for him

Love

Get pleasure from;
I love cooking

Love

Be enamored or in love with;
She loves her husband deeply

Love

Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

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