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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; — used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love. The Field. Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc.
A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the
work itself, without expectation of reward. — Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See Free love. — Free lover, one who avows
or practices free love. — In love, in the act of loving; — said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be
in love; to fall in love. — Love apple (Bot.), the tomato. — Love bird (Zoöl.), any one of several
species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus Agapornis, and allied genera. They
are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection
which they show for their mates. — Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers,
or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. Shak. — Love charm, a charm for exciting love. Ld. Lytton.
— Love child. an illegitimate child. Jane Austen. — Love day, a day formerly appointed for an
amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer. — Love drink, a love potion; a
philter. Chaucer. — Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love. — Love feast, a
religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in
imitation of the agapæ of the early Christians. — Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. Shak. — Love
game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. — Love
grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus Eragrostis. — Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.) (a)
An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts. (b) The West Indian Passiflora fœtida, which has similar bracts. — Love-in- idleness (Bot.), a
kind of violet; the small pansy.
A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. Shak. — Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. Shak. — Love knot, a knot or bow, as of
ribbon; — so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. Milman. —
Love lass, a sweetheart. — Love letter, a letter of courtship. Shak. — Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.),
a species of amaranth — Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone. — Love potion, a
compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. — Love rites, sexual intercourse.
Pope — Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. — Love suit, courtship.
Shak. — Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all
loves to come back again." Holinshed. — The god of love, or Love god, Cupid. — To make love
to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you will marry, make your loves to me." Shak. — To play for
love, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. "A game at piquet for love." Lamb.
Syn. — Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight.
Love
(Love) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loved (luvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Loving.] [AS. lufian. &radic124. See
Love, n.]
1. To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to
love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matt.
xxii. 37.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. Matt. xxii. 39. 2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
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