ear

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
3. (countable, slang) A police informant.
4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
6. 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.
7. An acroterium.
8. A crossette.
9. A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
10. 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.
11. The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.
12. A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.

Verb

1. (humorous, transitive) To take in with the ears; to hear.
2. (transitive) To hold by the ears.

Verb

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

Verb

To plough.

Synonyms

spike

hearing

nose

👃

earlobe

lug

handle

ears

👂

eared

horn

tongue

👅

eye

👁️

auditory

capitulum

pinna

cob

organ of hearing

skin

attention

be in the ear

form ears

hear

auricle

of hearing

external ear

noise

notice

obstinacy

otic

outer ear

👂

regard

remark

rumour

sheaf

tab

temple

earhole

and throat

ENT

lifting lug

projecting lug

lifting eye

come into ear

ear-conch

convex lug

dummy club

acoustic

nose and throat

angel

👼

auditive

aural

Translations

oreille

👂

oreja

👂

épi

👂

Ohr

👂

oor

👂

orecchio

👂

orelha

👂

auris

👂

orella

👂

kulak

👂

αυτί

ouvido

spiga

Ähre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪə̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ere

Inherited from Old English: ēare

Cognate with Scots: ear

Cognate with Western Frisian: ear

Cognate with Dutch: oor

Cognate with German: Ohr

Cognate with Swedish: öra

Cognate with Danish: øre

Cognate with Old Irish: áu

Cognate with Latin: auris

Cognate with Lithuanian: ausìs

Cognate with Russian: у́хо

Cognate with Albanian: vesh

Cognate with Ancient Greek: οὖς

Cognate with Classical Armenian: ունկն

Cognate with Persian: گوش

Inherited from Middle English: eere

Inherited from Old English: ēar

Cognate with Western Frisian: ier

Cognate with Dutch: aar

Cognate with German: Ähre

Cognate with Latin: acus

Cognate with Tokharian B: āk

Cognate with Church Slavic: ость

Inherited from Middle English: eren

Inherited from Old English: erian

In summary

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 ear, 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 Armenian ունկն (unkn).

Sentences

There are white stains above and behind each eye and behind each ear .

The whole police force standing on it's ear .