Ear
WordNet
noun
(1) The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
(2) The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
(3) Good hearing
"He had a keen ear"
"A good ear for pitch"
(4) Attention to what is said
"He tried to get her ear"
(5) Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, from , from . Cognate with Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra; and with Ancient Greek , Latin auris, Russian ухо.
Noun
- The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- A police informant.
- Quotations:
- From the movie The Enforcer.
- If you don’t cooperate, I’ll put it out on the street that you’re an ear.
- From the movie The Enforcer.
- Quotations:
Noun
- The fruiting body of a grain plant.
- He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
Verb
- To plough.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
- That power I have, discharge; and let them go
- To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,
- For I have none.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II