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hearting

  • present participle
    of heart.
    heart
    noun
    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 receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.

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Rather than hearting nearly every mom group chat message, from dramatic notes about soccer games to missives on playground squabbles, I’m just going to do…nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

No date for such a hearting has been set yet, but it is expected to be several months away.

From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2022

Indeed, after I experimentally followed one of the fake Chabons, I found myself absentmindedly hearting some of its stolen posts as I scrolled through my feed.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2018

This procedure will leave a crop for hearting two feet apart, and when the heads are cut the stumps will yield a supply of Sprouts.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Where plantations stand rather thick, draw as fast as possible from amongst them every alternate plant, to allow the remainder ample space for hearting.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons