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love verb (loved, loving)
1 a to feel great affection for (especially a close relative, friend, etc); b to feel great affection and sexual attraction for (especially a sexual partner, a person one is romantically involved with, etc).
2 a to enjoy very much • I love to boogie; b to like very much • I love chocolate biscuits.
noun
1 a feeling of great affection • brotherly love. 2 a strong liking • a love of the outdoors.
3 sexual attraction.
4 as adj relating or referring to love, romance, sexual relations, etc • love letters.
5 often used as a term of address: a to a person one loves • my love; b Brit colloq to anyone regardless of affection. 5 tennis, squash, whist, etc no score. fall in love with someone to develop feelings of love and sexual attraction for them. in love or in love with someone having strong feelings of affection and sexual attraction (for them). love at first sight instant sexual attraction. make love to or with someone 1 to be sexually intimate with them, especially when this culminates in sexual intercourse. 2 old use to woo. not for love or money under no circumstances. no love lost between (two or more people) mutual dislike • Since the divorce, there's no love lost between them.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon lufu.

love

noun, verb, loved, lov-ing.

–noun

1.	a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

2.	a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

3.	sexual passion or desire.

4.	a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.

5.	(used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?

6.	a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.

7.	sexual intercourse; copulation.

8.	(initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.

9.	affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.

10.	strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.

11.	the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.

12.	the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.

13.	Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.

14.	a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.

16.	to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).

17.	to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.

18.	to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.

19.	to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.

20.	to have sexual intercourse with.

–verb (used without object)

21.	to have love or affection for another person; be in love.

—Verb phrase

22.	love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets.

—Idioms

23.

for love,

a.	out of affection or liking; for pleasure.

b.	without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love.

24.	for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.

25.	in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love.

26.	in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work.

27.

make love,

a.	to embrace and kiss as lovers.

b.	to engage in sexual activity.

28.	no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE lufu, c. OFris luve, OHG luba, Goth lubō; (v.) ME lov(i)en, OE lufian; c. OFris luvia, OHG lubōn to love, L lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to