earn

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ûrn, IPA: /ɜːn/
• (US) enPR: ûrn, IPA: /ɝn/
• Homophones: ern, erne, urn

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned or (chiefly UK) earnt)

1. (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
   • You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
2. (transitive) To receive payment for work.
   • He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.  My bank account is only earning one percent interest.
3. (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
   • Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
   • My CD earns me six percent!
5. (transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
   • to earn a spot in the top 20

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned) (Britain, dialectal)

1. (transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
   • Synonyms: run, (Northern England, Scotland) yearn
2. (intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.

Verb

earn (third-person singular simple present earns, present participle earning, simple past and past participle earned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.

Noun

earn (plural earns)

1. Alternative form of erne

Anagrams

• Arne, Near, Nera, eRNA, erna, nare, near, rean

Noun

earn

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æ͜ɑrn/, [æ͜ɑrˠn]

Noun

earn m

1. eagle

Noun

earn c (plural earnen, diminutive earntsje)

1. eagle
2. (figuratively) miser