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Definition ear

Etymology 1

From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ?are (�ear�), from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *aus� (�ear�) (compare Scots ear, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish �ra, Danish �re), from Proto-Indo-European *h??ws (compare Old Irish �u, Latin auris, Lithuanian aus�s, Russian ???? (�xo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek ??? (o�s), Old Armenian ????? (unkn), and Persian ???‎ (hu�)).

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.
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.
7. (architecture) An acroterium.
8. (architecture) A crossette.

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eere, er, from Old English ?ar (Northumbrian dialect �hher), from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (compare West Frisian ier, Dutch aar, German �hre), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (�sharp�) (compare Latin acus (�needle; husk�), Tocharian B ?k (�ear, awn�), Old Church Slavonic ???? (ost?, �wheat spike, sharp point�). More at edge.

Noun

ear (plural ears)

1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

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.

Etymology 3

From Old English erian, from Proto-Germanic *arjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erh?- (�to plough�).

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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