warm the cockles of one's heart

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• warm the cockles of one's heart — ► warm the cockles of one s heart give one a comforting feeling of contentment. Main Entry: ↑cockle …   English terms dictionary

• warm the cockles of one's heart — give one a comforting feeling of contentment. → cockle …   English new terms dictionary

• warm the cockles of one's heart — give one a comforting feeling of pleasure or contentment …   Useful english dictionary

• cockles of the heart — Etymology: perhaps from cockle (II), with influence of New Latin cochlea ventricle, from Latin, snail, snail shell more at cochlea : the center or core of one s sentient being usually used in the phrase to warm the cockles of the heart * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• cockles of the heart — Etymology: perhaps from 2cockle Date: 1671 the core of one s being usually used in the phrase warm the cockles of the heart …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Cockle (bivalve) — For the plant, see Lolium temulentum. Cockle Live specimens of Cerastoderma edule from France Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• cockle — ► NOUN 1) an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell. 2) (also cockleshell) literary a small shallow boat. ● warm the cockles of one s heart Cf. ↑warm the cockles of one s heart DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• cockling — cockle ► NOUN 1) an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell. 2) (also cockleshell) literary a small shallow boat. ● warm the cockles of one s heart Cf. ↑warm the cockles of one s heart DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• pleasure — n 1. enjoyment, satisfaction, gratification, fulfillment, contentment; happiness, gladness, good or high spirits; blitheness, blithesomeness, lightheadedness, buoyancy; jubilation, rejoicing, exhilaration, exultation, glee, elation; joy,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• endear — v 1. evoke love or affection, charm, captivate, win, win over, attach, attract; warm the cockles of one s heart. 2. lose one s heart to, be enamored of, smile upon, dispose or incline toward, fold to the heart; hold in affection or love, hold… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• feed — v 1. nourish, nurture, foster, sustain, maintain, support, board; browse, fodder, graze, crop; subsist, exist, survive, live on; eat, fare, dine, wine and dine, break bread, partake, Inf. tie on the feed bag, Inf. pitch or steam in; devour,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder