ear

See also: EAR, -ear, 'ear, èar, and éar

ear - English

Pronunciation

  • (New Zealand) IPA: /iə̯/, [iːə̯], [ɪə̯~eə̯]
  • Homophone: -eer

Noun

ear (plural ears)

  1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
  2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
  3. (countable, slang) A police informant.
  4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
    • a good ear for music
  5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
  6. 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.
  7. (architecture) An acroterium.
  8. (architecture) A crossette.
  9. (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • 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)

  1. (humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
  2. To hold by the ears.

Noun

ear (plural ears)

  1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
    • He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
  2. Outcroppings and ridges from a baguette surface, where the uncooked dough has been scored.

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Verb

ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)

  1. (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
    • This corn ears well.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: изкласявам (izklasjavam)
  • Catalan: espigar (ca), espiguejar (ca)
  • French: monter en épi (fr), épier (fr)
  • Galician: espendoar (gl), espigar
  • Russian: колоси́ться (ru) impf (kolosítʹsja)
  • Spanish: espigar (es)

Verb

ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)

  1. (archaic) To plough.

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Anagrams

ear - Latin

Verb

ear

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of

ear - Middle English

Noun

ear

  1. Alternative form of eere (ear of grain)

ear - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /æ͜ɑːr/

Noun

ēar m

  1. sea
  2. earth

Declension

Derived terms

  • Old English: Ēarmūþa

Alternative forms

  • æhher Northumbria

Noun

ēar n

  1. ear (of corn)

Declension

Descendants

ear - Scots

Adverb

ear (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of air (early)

ear - Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ear f

  1. east

Derived terms

ear - West Frisian

Noun

ear n (plural earen, diminutive earke)

  1. ear

Derived terms

ear - Yola

Preposition

ear

  1. ere, before
Meaning and Definition of ear
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