ear

Meanings

Plural: ears

Noun

• the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• good hearing
  • "he had a keen ear"
  • "a good ear for pitch"
• the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
• attention to what is said
  • "he tried to get her ear"
• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
• 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.
• 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

• To take in with the ears; to hear.
• To hold by the ears.
• To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
• To plough.

Synonyms

auricle, capitulum, ear, earball, head, King Lear, listener, lug, pinna, shell-like, spike

Related Words

aural