Loving,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loved} (l[u^]vd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Loving}.] [AS. lufian. [root]124. 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.


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              Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
              and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
                                                    --Matt. xxii.
                                                    37.
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              Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. --Matt.
                                                    xxii. 39.
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     2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that
        of one sex for the other.
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     3. To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or
        desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like;
        as, to love books; to love adventures.
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              Wit, eloquence, and poetry.
              Arts which I loved.                   --Cowley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loving \Lov"ing\, a.
     1. Affectionate.
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              The fairest and most loving wife in Greece.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loving
       adj : feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents";
             "loving glances" [ant: {unloving}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "loving":
     Christian, Christlike, Christly, adoring, affectionate,
     all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, amatory,
     amorous, ardent, attached, attentive, benevolent, benign,
     benignant, bound, boundless, brotherly, careful, caring, cautious,
     changeless, circumspect, compassionate, conjugal, considerate,
     cordial, creating, creative, curious, dear, decent, demonstrative,
     devoted, doting, enamored, erotic, eternal, eternally the same,
     everlasting, faithful, fervent, filial, fond, fraternal, glorious,
     good, gracious, hallowed, heedful, highest, holy, human, humane,
     husbandly, immortal, immutable, impassioned, infatuated, infinite,
     just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, languishing,
     limitless, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, luminous, majestic,
     making, maternal, melting, merciful, mindful, nice, numinous,
     omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, parental, passionate,
     paternal, permanent, perpetual, radiant, regardful, romantic,
     sacred, sentimental, shaping, soft, softhearted, solicitous,
     sovereign, supreme, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender,
     tenderhearted, thoughtful, timeless, ubiquitous, unbounded,
     unchanging, undefined, unlimited, uxorious, warm, warmhearted,
     wifely
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Loving, NM (village, FIPS 44420)
    Location: 32.28649 N, 104.09595 W
    Population (1990): 1243 (479 housing units)
    Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 88256
  Loving, TX
    Zip code(s): 76460

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Loving -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    67
     Housing Units (2000): 70
     Land area (2000):     673.081375 sq. miles (1743.272685 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    3.768373 sq. miles (9.760042 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    676.849748 sq. miles (1753.032727 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             31.813308 N, 103.608036 W
     Headwords:
      Loving
      Loving, TX
      Loving County
      Loving County, TX
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Loving, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
     Population (2000):    1326
     Housing Units (2000): 516
     Land area (2000):     1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            44420
     Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
     Location:             32.285417 N, 104.096720 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     88256
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Loving, NM
      Loving