Meaning

2 senses
  1. (figuratively)The core of a thing; its most essential or important part.

    the beating heart of the economy

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beating, heart.

    beating-heart transplant

    be still my beating heart

Examples

8 sentences
  1. With a beating heart she opened the door.

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  2. Calm down your beating, oh, my heart!

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  3. Sami's heart was beating so heart.

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  4. Electronic music is rhythmic and sounds like a beating heart.

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  5. The silence was so pressing that Tom could hear the beating of his heart and the thudding of blood in his temples.

    ruТишина была такой давящей, что Том слышал биение своего сердца и стук крови в висках.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: beating hearts
Singularbeating heart
Pluralbeating hearts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedheartbeat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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