ear
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *auson, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. Cognate with Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra; and with Ancient Greek οὖς, Latin auris, Russian ухо.
[edit] Noun
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ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (countable) (slang) 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.
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Terms derived from the noun "ear"
[edit] Translations
organ of hearing
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slang: police informant
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[edit] Etymology 2
Old English ēar
[edit] Noun
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ear (plural ears)
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fruiting body of a grain plant
[edit] Etymology 3
Old English erian
[edit] Verb
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to ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (archaic) 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
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archaic: to plough
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology 1
Akin to Old Norse aur
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ēar m
[edit] Etymology 2
Proto-Germanic *ahiz, whence also Old High German ahir (German Ähre), Old Saxon ahar (Dutch aar), Old Norse ax. From a Proto-Indo-European root ak ('pointed'); compare Latin acus "needle"
[edit] Noun
ēar
- ear (of corn)
[edit] West Frisian
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ear n.
- ear
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