Usually means: Emotional bonds pulling one's feelings.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. heartstrings: Merriam-Webster
  2. heartstrings: Collins English Dictionary
  3. heartstrings: Vocabulary.com
  4. Heartstrings, heartstrings: Wordnik
  5. heartstrings: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. heartstrings: Wiktionary
  7. heartstrings: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. heartstrings: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. heartstrings: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. heartstrings: Dictionary.com
  11. Heartstrings (American TV series), Heartstrings (Howling Bells album), Heartstrings (Janet Leon song), Heartstrings (Korean TV series), Heartstrings (Leighton Meester album), Heartstrings (South Korean TV series), Heartstrings (TV series), Heartstrings (U.S. TV series), Heartstrings (Willie P. Bennett album), Heartstrings: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. heartstrings: Rhymezone
  13. heartstrings: FreeDictionary.org
  14. heartstrings: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. heartstrings: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. heartstrings: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  17. heartstrings: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. heartstrings: Encyclopedia

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  1. heartstrings: Medical dictionary

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  1. heartstrings: Idioms

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  1. heartstrings: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (heartstrings)

noun:  (anatomy)
noun:  (historical) The tendons or other structures resembling cords once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart; especially the aorta, pulmonary artery, and other large arteries connected to them; also, the diaphragm.
noun:  (by extension) Synonym of chordae tendineae (“the cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart”)
noun:  (figurative)
noun:  The source of one's deepest emotions or inner feelings, especially compassion or love.
noun:  (archaic) The essential or vital part of something; the core, the essence, the heart.

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