1 - Strong affection.
2 - A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
3 - A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
1 - (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
2 - To need, thrive on.
3 - To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.





