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ear

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noun (1)

ˈir How to pronounce ear (audio)
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a
: the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ear that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae
b
: any of various organs (as of a fish) capable of detecting vibratory motion
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: the external ear of humans and most mammals
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a
: the sense or act of hearing
b
: acuity of hearing
c
: sensitivity to musical tone and pitch
also : the ability to retain and reproduce music that has been heard
d
: sensitivity to nuances of language especially as revealed in the command of verbal melody and rhythm or in the ability to render a spoken idiom accurately
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: something resembling a mammalian ear in shape, position, or function: such as
a
: a projecting part (such as a lug or handle)
b
: either of a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of some birds
5
: attention, awareness
lend an ear
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: a space in the upper corner of the front page of a periodical (such as a newspaper) usually containing advertising for the periodical itself or a weather forecast
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: a person who listens : listener
looking for a friendly ear

Illustration of ear

Illustration of ear
  • 1 pinna
  • 2 lobe
  • 3 auditory meatus
  • 4 tympanic membrane
  • 5 eustachian tube
  • 6 cochlea
  • 7 auditory nerve
  • 8 stapes
  • 9 semicircular canals
  • 10 incus
  • 11 malleus
  • 12 bones of skull

ear

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noun (2)

: the fruiting spike of a cereal (such as wheat or corn) including both the seeds and protective structures

ear

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verb

eared; earing; ears

intransitive verb

: to form ears in growing
the rye should be earing up
Phrases
all ears
: eagerly listening
if anybody spoke of that grisly matter, I was all ears … and alert to hear what might be said Mark Twain
by ear
: without reference to or memorization of written music
plays by ear
in one ear and out the other
: through one's mind without making an impression
everything you say to him goes in one ear and out the other
on one's ear
: in or into a state of irritation, shock, or discord
set the racing world on its ear by breaking the record
up to one's ears
: deeply involved : heavily implicated
up to his ears in shady deals

Synonyms

Noun (1)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German ōra ear, Latin auris, Greek ous

Noun (2)

Middle English er, ere, going back to Old English ēar (Northumbrian æhher), going back to Germanic *ahaz (whence also Old Frisian ār "ear of grain," Middle Dutch aer, aere, Old Saxon ehir, Old High German ah, ahar, ehir, Old Norse ax, Gothic ahs), going back to Indo-European *h2eḱ-es-, s-stem derivative from the base *h2eḱ- "sharp, pointed" (in reference to a spike of grain perhaps originally referring to the awns, then generalized to the entire spike), whence also Latin acer-, acus "husks of grain or legumes, chaff," Tocharian B āke "end," Tocharian A āk — more at edge entry 1

Note: The diverse outcomes in Germanic assume generalization throughout the paradigm of the original stem variants: most forms from oblique stems *ahuz-, ahiz-, but Old High German ah, from nominative *ahaz and Old Norse ax, Gothic ahs, from a syncopated stem *ah-sa-.

Verb

Middle English eren, derivative of ere ear entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ear was before the 12th century

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