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1. (n.) ear
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in mammals consisting of an external ear and ear canal ending at the tympanic membrane, a middle ear with three ossicles for amplifying vibrations, and a liquid-filled inner ear with sensory nerve endings for hearing and balance.
2. ear
the external ear alone.
3. ear
the sense of hearing.
4. ear
keen perception of the differences of sound, esp. musical sounds.
5. ear
attention:
to gain a person's ear.
6. ear
any part that resembles or suggests an ear in position or form, as the handle of a teacup.
7. ear
a small box in the upper corner of the front page of a newspaper, containing a slogan, weather forecast, etc.
8. ear
Slang. earphones.
9. (n.) ear
the spike of a cereal plant, containing the seed grains.
10. (v.i.) ear
to form or put forth ears.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME ere, OE ēar, æhher; c. OS ahar, OHG ahir, ehir, ON ax, Go ahs ear, L acus husk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ear
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
2. (noun) ear
good hearing
"he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
3. (noun) auricle, pinna, ear
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
4. (noun) ear
attention to what is said
"he tried to get her ear"
5. (noun) ear, spike, capitulum
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
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1. (noun) ear
one of the two hearing organs on the sides of your head
a hat to keep your ears warm; a ringing sound in my ears
2. ear
the top part of plants such as wheat or corn
***an ear of wheat/corn
3. ear
have sth coming out of your ears
to have too much of sth
I have work coming out of my ears.
4. ear
in one ear and out the other
indicates that sb does not really listen
Everything I tell her goes in one ear and out the other.
5. ear
play it by ear
to change your plans as a situation develops rather than planning beforehand
I'm not sure how long it'll last - let's just play it by ear.
6. ear
smile/grin from ear to ear
to have a big smile on your face
He came off stage grinning from ear to ear.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ear
the organ of hearing; the external ear
2. (noun) ear
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
3. (noun) ear
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
4. (noun) ear
same as Acroterium
5. (noun) ear
same as Crossette
6. (noun) ear
privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention
7. (noun) ear
the spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels
8. (verb) ear
to take in with the ears; to hear
9. (verb) ear
to put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well
10. (verb) ear
to plow or till; to cultivate
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. ear
The hearing and equilibrium system of the body. It consists of three parts: the EXTERNAL EAR, the MIDDLE EAR, and the INNER EAR. Sound waves are transmitted through this organ where vibration is transduced to nerve signals that pass through the ACOUSTIC NERVE to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The inner ear also contains the vestibular organ that maintains equilibrium by transducing signals to the VESTIBULAR NERVE.
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Sense: the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only
Her new hair-style covers her ears.
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 Afrikaans: oor |
 Arabic: أُذن |
 Bulgarian: ухо |
 Brazilian: orelha |
 Czech: ucho |
 German: das Ohr |
 Danish: øre |
 Greek: αφτί |
 Spanish: oreja |
 Estonian: kõrv |
 Farsi: گوش |
 Finnish: korva |
 French: oreille |
 Hebrew: אוֹזֶן |
 Hindi: कान |
 Croatian: uho |
 Hungarian: fül |
 Indonesian: telinga |
 Icelandic: eyra |
 Italian: orecchio, orecchia |
 Japanese: 耳 |
 Korean: 귀 |
 Lithuanian: ausis |
 Latvian: auss |
 Malay: telinga |
 Dutch: oor |
 Norwegian: øre |
 Polish: ucho |
 Persian: گوش |
 Pashto: غوږ |
 Portuguese: orelha |
 Romanian: ureche |
 Russian: ухо |
 Slovak: ucho |
 Slovenian: uho |
 Serbian: uvo |
 Swedish: öra |
 Thai: หู |
 Turkish: kulak |
 Taiwanese: 耳朵 |
 Ukrainian: вухо |
 Urdu: بیرونی کان |
 Vietnamese: tai |
 Chinese: 耳朵 |
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