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| fall for |
(informal) to become intensely attracted to (someone) and feel that one is in love. [1/2 definitions] |
| Galatea |
in Greek and Roman mythology, a statue of a woman brought to life by Aphrodite because Pygmalion, who made the statue, fell in love with it. |
| gone on |
(informal) infatuated with; helplessly in love with. |
| infatuate |
foolishly or irrationally in love; infatuated. [1/2 definitions] |
| lover |
one who is in love with another. [1/4 definitions] |
| narcissus |
(cap.) in Greek mythology, a young man who fell in love with his own reflection and, when he perished from unfulfilled love, was transformed into a flower. [1/3 definitions] |
| park |
(informal) to engage in lovemaking in a parked vehicle. [1/7 definitions] |
| philter |
a magic potion, esp. one designed to make a person fall in love. |
| Pygmalion |
in Greek and Roman mythology, a king of Cyprus who made a statue of a woman with which he fell in love, and which Aphrodite then brought to life. (Cf. Galatea.) |
| run away |
to go away secretly with a person one is in love with, usually to get married (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/3 definitions] |
| sweetheart |
one of a pair of people who are in love with each other. [1/4 definitions] |
| torch song |
a popular song of failure or unhappiness in love. |
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