ear
ear - English
Pronunciation
Noun
ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (countable, slang) A police informant.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
- a good ear for music
- The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
- That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.
- the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.
- (architecture) An acroterium.
- (architecture) A crossette.
- (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
Alternative forms
- ere (obsolete)
Derived terms
- bangle ear
- bat ear
- bear's ear
- behind the ear
- bend somebody's ear
- bend someone's ear
- between the ears
- bionic ear
- blow it out one's ear
- blue-ear pig disease
- blue ear disease
- burnt ear
- button ear
- by ear
- cat's ear
- cauliflower ear
- cloud ear
- crop-ear
- cuff on the ear
- cute as a bug's ear
- dog-ear
- dog ear
- dog's-ear
- ear-bud
- ear-finger
- ear-minded
- ear-piercing
- ear-piercingly
- ear-rape
- ear-reach
- ear-shell
- ear-splitting
- ear-splittingly
- ear-spoon
- ear-tagged
- ear-trumpet
- ear-wax
- ear-worm
- ear-wormy
- earache
- ear bob
- earbud
- ear bud
- ear canal
- ear candle
- ear candling
- ear candy
- ear chair
- ear cockle
- ear coning
- ear dagger
- ear defender
- ear drop
- ear drops
- eardrum
- ear drum
- ear fatigue
- ear finger
- earful
- earhole
- ear hustle
- earlobe
- ear lobe
- earmark
- earphone
- earpiece
- ear prick
- earprint
- ear rape
- earring
- ear rocks
- ears are burning
- ear shell
- earshot
- earsore
- ear speaker
- ear spoon
- ear tag, ear-tag
- ear toilet
- ear to the ground
- ear trumpet
- ear tuft
- ear tunnel
- ear wax
- earwax
- earworm
- ear worm
- earworthy
- elephant ear
- external ear
- flea in one's ear
- give ear
- glue ear
- go in one ear and out the other
- green ear disease
- hare's ear
- hart's ear
- have a word in someone's ear
- have one's ears lowered
- have one's ears on
- have someone's ear
- have the wolf by the ear
- have Van Gogh's ear for music
- hearing-ear dog
- in-ear monitor
- inner ear
- internal ear
- in the ear
- Jew's-ear
- Jew's ear
- lend an ear
- lion's ear
- listen with half an ear
- little pitchers have big ears
- make a pig's ear of
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- Midas's ear
- middle ear
- mind's ear
- mouse-ear
- mule's ear
- outer ear
- out on one's ear
- pig's ear
- play by ear
- pour honey in one's ear
- pour honey into one's ear
- put a bug in someone's ear
- rabbit ear
- rabbit ear mite
- red ear syndrome
- roasting ear
- rose ear
- sea-ear
- smile from ear to ear
- surfer's ear
- swimmer's ear
- talk out of one's ear
- talk someone's ear off
- thick ear
- tickle the ear
- tin ear
- turn a deaf ear
- up on one's ear
- walls have ears
- white-ear
- wood ear
- you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- Pages starting with “ear”.
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: ia
Translations
Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
Noun
ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
- He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
- Outcroppings and ridges from a baguette surface, where the uncooked dough has been scored.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
- This corn ears well.
Translations
Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (archaic) To plough.
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
ear - Latin
Verb
ear
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of eō
ear - Middle English
Noun
ear
- Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)
ear - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /æ͜ɑːr/
Noun
ēar m
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ēar | ēaras |
accusative | ēar | ēaras |
genitive | ēares | ēara |
dative | ēare | ēarum |
Derived terms
- Old English: Ēarmūþa
- English: Yarmouth
Alternative forms
- æhher – Northumbria
Noun
ēar n
- ear (of corn)
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ēar | ēar |
accusative | ēar | ēar |
genitive | ēares | ēara |
dative | ēare | ēarum |
Descendants
ear - Scots
Adverb
ear (not comparable)
- Alternative form of air (“early”)
ear - Scottish Gaelic
Noun
ear f
Derived terms
ear - West Frisian
Noun
ear n (plural earen, diminutive earke)
Derived terms
ear - Yola
Preposition
ear