Ear
[ɪə] or [ɪr]
Definition
(noun.) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
(noun.) good hearing; 'he had a keen ear'; 'a good ear for pitch'.
(noun.) attention to what is said; 'he tried to get her ear'.
(noun.) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.
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Definition
(n.) The organ of hearing; the external ear.
(n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.
(n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.
(n.) Same as Acroterium.
(n.) Same as Crossette.
(n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
(v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.
(n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
(v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.
(v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Organ of hearing.[2]. Musical perception, faculty of discriminating sounds, sense of hearing.[3]. Regard, heed, attention, hearing.[4]. Spike (of grain), head.
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Definition
n. a spike as of corn.—v.i. to put forth ears.—n. Ear′-cock′le a disease of wheat.—adj. Eared of corn having ears.
n. the organ of hearing or the external part merely: the sense or power of hearing: the faculty of distinguishing sounds: attention: anything like an ear.—ns. Ear′ache an ache or pain in the ear; Ear′bob an earring; Ear′-cap a covering to protect the ear from cold; Ear′drop an ornamental pendant hanging from the ear; Ear′drum the drum or middle cavity of the ear tympanum (q.v.).—adj. Eared having ears.—n. Ear′-hole the aperture of the ear.—adj. Ear′-kiss′ing whispered.—n. Ear′lap the tip of the ear: an ear-cap.—adj. Ear′less wanting ears.—ns. Ear′lock a curl near the ear worn by Elizabethan dandies; Ear′mark a mark set on the ears of sheep whereby their owners may distinguish them: a distinctive mark.—v.t. to put an earmark on.—n. Ear′-pick an instrument for clearing the ear.—adj. Ear′-pierc′ing shrill screaming.—ns. Ear′ring an ornamental ring worn in the ear; Ear′-shell any shell of the family Haliotid; Ear′shot the distance at which a sound can be heard; Ear′-trum′pet a tube to aid in hearing; Ear′wax a waxy substance secreted by the glands of the ear; Ear′wig an insect which was supposed to creep into the brain through the ear: a flatterer.—v.t. to gain the ear of: to bias: to torment by private importunities (A.S. é–rwicga é–re ear wicga earwig).—n. Ear′witness a witness that can testify from his own hearing.—About one's ears said of a house falling &c.; Be all ears to give every attention; Give ear to attend; Go in at one ear and out at the other used of words which make no permanent impression; Have a person's ear to be secure of his favourable attention; Have itching ears to be desirous of hearing novelties (2 Tim. iv. 3); Lend an ear to listen; Over head and ears overwhelmed: deeply engrossed or involved; Set by the ears to set at strife; Speak in the ear to whisper; Tickle the ear to flatter; Turn a deaf ear to refuse to listen; Walls have ears a proverbial phrase implying that there may be listeners behind the wall.
v.t. (obs.) to plough or till.—n. Ear′ing (obs.) ploughing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing ears, an evil and designing person is keeping watch over your conversation to work you harm.
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Examples
- From the interior a low soft breathing came to his ear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I should have walked on to the church if the conversation of two men and a woman on the outskirts of the crowd had not caught my ear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Jo glanced over her shoulder, and the little demon she was harboring said in her ear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Your wife might get her some ear-rings, or a new gown, or some such truck, to make up with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Get along with you, my woman,' he added in her ear, 'get along with you, while you know you're Affery, and before you're shaken to yeast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At the end of that time the sound of a carriage caught my ear, and I was met, as I advanced towards the second turning, by a fly from the railway. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For this reason, he muttered in my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am simply blighted--like a damaged ear of corn--the business is done and can't be undone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Although I had heard it with my own ears I could not believe it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The man knew her, and might by a fortunate chance see her, or hear of her; that was something, as enlisting one pair of eyes and ears the more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The words we've smashed 'em rang in his ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The words had a fantastic sound in his own ears. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- No human evidence would ever have been able to persuade Martin Yorke that he blushed when thus addressed; yet blush he did, to the ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Holmes pricked up his ears. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sat looking at the horse's ears, as if he saw something new there; and sat so, for a considerable time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The enemy's ears are everywhere. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The musicians put their ears in the place of their minds. Plato. The Republic.
- Although they spoke to each other in guarded tones, their words were pronounced with sufficient distinctness of utterance to reach my ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the direction of Baker Street, but from the back of the very house in which we lay concealed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ever so fur she run, and there was fire afore her eyes, and roarings in her ears. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Their quick ears caught the sound of an approaching footstep. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If it had been my ears, what should I have done? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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