ear
A1Meanings
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noun
good hearing
I have an ear for good music.
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noun
attention to what is said
They tried to get my ear.
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noun
The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
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noun
A police informant.
No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.
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noun
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
a good ear for music
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noun
The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
Dionysius[…]would give no ear to his suit.
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noun
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.
the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.
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noun
A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
In journalism, ears flank the title as boxes in the left and right top corners of a publication (generally a newspaper).
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Germanic *ausô Proto-West Germanic *auʀā Old English ēare Middle English ere English ear From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ere, er, eir, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra, Danish øre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Russian у́хо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), and Old A…