ear
Pronunciation: /ˈɪə̯/
The English word “ear” has 17 meanings listed here.
noun
- The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- A police informant.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to 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.
- An acroterium.
- A crossette.
- A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
- A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.
- The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.
- A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.
- The fruiting body of a grain plant.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English eare, eere, ere, eyr, ire, yere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian uaar, uar, uur (“ear”), Saterland Frisian Oor (“ear”), West Frisian ear (“ear”), Alemannic German Oor…
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