ear
26 ENTRIES FOUND:
- ear (noun)
- ear (noun)
- ear canal (noun)
- ear candy (noun)
- cauliflower ear (noun)
- dog–eared (adjective)
- inner ear (noun)
- lop–eared (adjective)
- middle ear (noun)
- outer ear (noun)
- tin ear (noun)
- believe (verb)
- bend (verb)
- box (verb)
- burn (verb)
- deaf (adjective)
- fall (verb)
- lend (verb)
- other (pronoun)
- out (adverb)
- pig (noun)
- talk (verb)
- thick (adjective)
- up (adjective)
- wet (adjective)
- word (noun)
plural
ears
plural
ears
Britannica Dictionary definition of EAR
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[count]
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the part of the body that you hear with
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see picture at face
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He was whispering something in her ear.
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a dog with floppy ears
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pierced ears [=ears with earlobes that have been pierced for wearing earrings]
2
[singular]
a
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an ability to understand and appreciate something heard
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He has a good ear for music/languages.
b
— used to describe the way something sounds to you
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It sounds a little old-fashioned to my ear. [=it sounds old-fashioned to me]
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[count]
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attention that is shown or given by listening to what someone says
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Thanks for your ear. [=thanks for listening]
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When I told my story, my brother listened with only half an ear. [=did not listen closely]
◊ To lend an ear or, in literary language, to lend someone your ears is to listen to what someone has to say.
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She's always willing to lend a sympathetic ear.
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“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1599)
all ears
informal
— used to say that someone is listening very closely
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As I told the story, my daughter was all ears.
a word in someone's ear
bend someone's ear
box someone's ears
can't believe your ears
cock an/your ear
ears are burning
◊ If your ears are burning or you feel your ears burning, you have the feeling that other people are talking about you.
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(humorous) “We were talking about you last night.” “That explains why I felt my ears burning.”
ears pop
fall on deaf ears
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to fail to be heard
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to be ignored
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Her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.
grin/smile from ear to ear
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to smile widely
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to have a big smile on your face
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He was grinning from ear to ear.
have someone's ear
◊ If you have someone's ear you can talk and give advice to that person because you are trusted.
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an adviser who has the President's ear
in one ear and out the other
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through someone's mind without being remembered or noticed
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Everything you say to him goes in one ear and out the other. [=he doesn't listen to or remember what you say]
out on your ear
informal
:
forced out
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thrown out
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If I'm late to work again, I'll be out on my ear! [=I'll be fired]
play by ear
1
◊ To play a song or a piece of music by ear is to play it after hearing it without looking at written music.
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He could play any tune by ear after hearing it only once.
2
◊ To play it by ear is to do something without special preparation.
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I don't know how they'll react to our proposal, so we'll just have to play it by ear [=improvise, (informal) wing it] and hope for the best.
set (something) on its ear
informal
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to cause something to be in a state of great excitement or shock
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She set the racing world on its ear [=she surprised and shocked the racing world] by winning several major races.
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His early recordings set the jazz world on its ear. [=his recordings caused a sensation in the jazz world]
talk someone's ear off
turn a deaf ear
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to refuse to listen to what someone says
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The company president turned a deaf ear to my proposals.
up to your ears
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deeply involved in something
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They are up to their ears in debt. [=they are deeply in debt]
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We're up to our ears in work. [=we are very busy]
wet behind the ears
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ear
/ˈiɚ/
noun
plural
ears
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ear
/ˈiɚ/
noun
plural
ears
Britannica Dictionary definition of EAR
[count]
:
the part of a corn plant on which the seeds grow
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