Definition of "hate"

hate

/heɪt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural hates
1. An object of hatred.
2. Hatred.
3. (Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
verb
third-person singular simple present hates, present participle hating, simple past and past participle hated
1. (transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
  Quotations
  People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.
  1997, Popular Science, volume 251, number 4, page 34
2. (intransitive) To experience hatred.
3. (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.