Lover - English meaning

adjective

Dearly loved.

Usage examples:

His beloved son

noun

A much loved person.

Usage examples:

He watched his beloved from afar

adjective

Loved very much

Usage examples:

His beloved wife died last year, and he is still grieving.

noun

A person's regular male companion with whom they have a romantic or sexual relationship.

Usage examples:

His mum was a single mother who had a succession of boyfriends, none of whom were able to act as a …

noun

A man or boy with whom a person is having a romantic relationship

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Good night, darling

adjective

Beloved.

Usage examples:

His darling wife

noun

Used to show affection when speaking to someone

Usage examples:

Hello, darling., here’s a picture of my darling child.

abbreviation

(in the uk) football association, the governing body of soccer in england.

Usage examples:

The fa premier league

noun

Short for fanny adams (sense 1).

Usage examples:

He knows sweet fa about football

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the fourth note of a major scale.

noun

A person's regular female companion with whom they have a romantic or sexual relationship.

Usage examples:

He lives with his girlfriend

noun

A person's female lover.

Usage examples:

His new inamorata is a twenty-two-year-old mannequin named jennifer

noun

A woman someone is in love with

Usage examples:

He's had a tattoo with the name of a former lover removed, to avoid hurting the feelings of his cur…

noun

A person's male lover.

Usage examples:

Her days were spent dallying with her inamorato

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Usage examples:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Usage examples:

He loved his sister dearly

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

noun

A woman in a position of authority or control.

Usage examples:

She is always mistress of the situation, coolly self-possessed

noun

A woman who has a sexual relationship over a long period of time with a man who is not her husband

noun

A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.

Usage examples:

Is it too much to have these characters actually act like fathers and daughters, and not just like …

noun

The person you are having a romantic or sexual relationship with, but are not married to

noun

Either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.

Usage examples:

Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

verb

A friendly form of address by one man to another.

Usage examples:

How you doing, partner?

noun

A timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass.

Usage examples:

The mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been

noun

A person with whom someone is having a romantic relationship.

Usage examples:

The pair were childhood sweethearts

noun

A person you love, esp. one with whom you have a romantic relationship

Usage examples:

Jeanne was my high school sweetheart., hi, sweetheart., she’s a sweetheart.

noun

An adult female human being.

Usage examples:

A drawing of a young woman

combining form

In nouns denoting a woman of a specified nationality or origin.

Usage examples:

Englishwoman

noun

An adult female human being

Usage examples:

Our chief of police is a woman, and our mayor is a woman, too., she is an active, elderly woman., m…