took in to one arms

Main Entry:
love [luhv]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have sexual relations
Synonyms: caress, clasp, cling, cosset, court, cuddle, draw close, embrace, feel, fondle, hold, hug, kiss, lick, look tenderly, make love, neck, pet*, press, shine, soothe, stroke, take into one's arms, tryst, woo
Antonyms: abstain
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Love.
Category: 1. Social Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
love; fondness; liking; inclination (desire); regard, dilection, admiration, fancy., affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness; heart, brotherly love; benevolence; attachment., yearning, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry., Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the old story, plighted love; courtship; amourette; free love., maternal love., attractiveness; popularity; favorite., lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo; caro sposo., inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa., betrothed, affianced, fiancée., flirt, coquette; amorette; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone.
-verbs
love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love with; have a love for, entertain a love for, harbor cherish a love for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet., burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument dote on, dote upon., take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire., excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of, have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head., get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable, set one's cap at, flirt.
-adjectives
loving; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed; in love; love-sick; over head and ears in love., affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly., loved, beloved, well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular.
-phrases
amantes amentes [Terencel; credula res amor est [Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Ovid]; omnia vincit amor [Vergil]; si vis amari ama [Seneca] the sweetest joy, the wildest woe [Bailey].
Antonyms: hate
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