have one's heart in a matter

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• The Heart of the Matter — For other uses, see The Heart of the Matter (disambiguation). The Heart of the Matter   …   Wikipedia

• heart — /hat / (say haht) noun 1. a hollow muscular organ which by rhythmic contraction and dilatation keeps the blood in circulation throughout the body. 2. this organ considered as the seat of life, or vital powers, or of thought, feeling, or emotion:… …  

• heart — /hahrt/, n. 1. Anat. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that… …   Universalium

• heart — n. 1 a hollow muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2 the region of the heart; the breast. 3 a the heart regarded as the centre of thought, feeling, and emotion (esp. love). b a person s… …   Useful english dictionary

• heart — [[t]hɑrt[/t]] n. 1) anat. a muscular organ in vertebrates (four chambered in mammals and birds, three chambered in reptiles and amphibians, and two chambered in fishes) that receives blood from the veins and pumps it through the arteries to… …   From formal English to slang

• heart — n 1.Sl. ticker, organ of circulation; bosom, breast. 2. inner feeling, feelings, soul, spirit, Sl. gut; sentiment, feeling, emotion; sensibility, responsiveness, passion; nature, disposition, temperament. 3. sympathy, fellow feeling,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• matter — 1 noun SUBJECT/SITUATION 1 (C) a subject or situation that you have to think about or deal with: You do realize this is a serious matter, don t you? | He wasn t particularly interested in financial matters. | a matter of importance/concern/regret …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• matter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 subject/situation that must be dealt with ADJECTIVE ▪ important, pressing, serious, urgent, weighty ▪ He left, saying he had pressing matters to attend to. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• matter — I n. affair 1) to pursue, take up a matter 2) to arrange; clear up, settle, straighten out; complicate; simplify matters 3) to give a matter (attention, thought) (we have given this matter considerable thought) 4) to not mince matters (she never… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Heart (symbol) — The heart (♥) has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human being. As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to …   Wikipedia

• heart — noun 1) my heart stopped beating Syn: informal ticker 2) he poured out his heart Syn: emotions, feelings, sentiments; soul; love, affection, passion 3) she has no heart Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words