1)any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.

2)a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a message of holiday greeting, congratulations, or other sentiment, often with an illustration or decorations, for mailing to a person on an appropriate occasion.

3)a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty.

4)a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.

5)a winged being, or a representation of one, esp. as symbolic of love.

6)a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

7)the center of the total personality, esp. with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion.

8)a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment.

9)a declaration that something will or will not be done, given.

10)the state of being one; oneness.

11)a card or message, usually amatory or sentimental but sometimes satirical or comical, or a token or gift sent by one person to another on Valentine Day, sometimes anonymously.