lay to heart
1lay to heart — see under ↑heart • • • Main Entry: ↑lay …
2lay\ to\ heart — • take to heart • lay to heart v. phr. To be seriously affected by; to feel deeply. He took his brother s death very much to heart. He took his friend s advice to heart …
3lay to heart — See: TAKE TO HEART …
4lay to heart — See: TAKE TO HEART …
5lay to heart — 1. Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much troubled about, be much affected by, take to heart, take on about. 2. Consider seriously, take with serious purpose, ponder well, make matter of earnest resolve …
6To lay to heart — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
7Lay — (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be… …
8heart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. center, substance; kernel, pith, gist, core; breast; spirit, courage; sympathy, affection, understanding; nature, soul. See importance, middle, feeling, interior. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The pump in… …
9heart — /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… …
10heart — 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,… …
