ALL meanings of ear
ear
E e - noun ear facial feature 1
- noun ear hearing organ 1
- noun ear sense: music, language 1
- noun ear botany: corn 1
- noun ear sense of hearing 1
- noun ear The organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, especially the external part of this. 1
- noun ear the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels. 1
- idioms ear be all ears, Informal. to give all one's attention; listen: We were all ears as the scandal was revealed. 1
- idioms ear bend an ear, to listen attentively: to bend an ear to a request for aid. 1
- idioms ear bend someone's ear, Informal. to talk to someone uninterruptedly and often so as to induce boredom: He'll bend your ear for hours if given the chance. 1
- idioms ear by ear, without reference to written or printed music: to play the piano by ear. 1
- idioms ear fall on deaf ears, to be disregarded; pass unheeded: Their pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears. 1
- idioms ear give ear, to pay attention; listen carefully. Also, lend an ear. 1
- idioms ear go in one ear and out the other, to be heard but ignored; be put out of mind: My repeated warnings to her went in one ear and out the other. 1
- idioms ear have / keep one's ear to the ground, to keep well-informed about current trends; be shrewd or astute: Because she had her ear to the ground, she made a large fortune in stock speculation. 1
- idioms ear have one's ears on, Slang. to be listening to a CB radio, police radio, walkie-talkie, etc. 1
- idioms ear pin someone's ears back, Slang. to give a person a sound beating; defeat a person utterly: If he doesn't behave himself, I'll pin his ears back. 1
- idioms ear set by the ears, to cause to dispute or quarrel: He's a troublemaker who keeps trying to set the two other children by the ears. 1
- idioms ear set on one's ear / ears, to excite or stir up; shock; amaze: The presence of the movie star set the whole town on its ear. 1
- idioms ear turn a deaf ear to, to refuse to listen to or consider (a request, petition, etc.): He turns a deaf ear to requests for loans. 1
- idioms ear up to one's ears, deeply involved or occupied to full capacity: We are up to our ears in work. 1
- idioms ear wet behind the ears. wet (def 19). 1
- verb without object ear to form or put forth ears. 1
- verb with object ear to plow; cultivate. 1
- countable noun ear Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds. 0
- singular noun ear If you have an ear for music or language, you are able to hear its sounds accurately and to interpret them or reproduce them well. 0
- countable noun ear Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying. 0
- countable noun ear The ears of a cereal plant such as wheat or barley are the parts at the top of the stem, which contain the seeds or grains. 0
- noun ear the organ of hearing and balance in higher vertebrates and of balance only in fishes. In humans and other mammals it consists of three parts 0
- noun ear the outermost cartilaginous part of the ear (pinna) in mammals, esp humans 0
- noun ear the sense of hearing 0
- noun ear sensitivity to musical sounds, poetic diction, etc 0
- noun ear attention, esp favourable attention; consideration; heed (esp in the phrases give ear to, lend an ear) 0
- noun ear an object resembling the external ear in shape or position, such as a handle on a jug 0
- noun ear a display box at the head of a newspaper page, esp the front page, for advertisements, etc 0
- noun ear the part of a cereal plant, such as wheat or barley, that contains the seeds, grains, or kernels 0
- verb ear (of cereal plants) to develop such parts 0
- noun ear the part of the body specialized for the perception of sound; organ of hearing: the human ear consists of the external ear, the middle ear (tympanum), and the inner ear (labyrinth), which also senses one's state of equilibrium 0
- noun ear the visible, external part of the ear 0
- noun ear the ability to recognize slight differences in sound, esp. in the pitch, rhythm, etc. of musical tones 0
- noun ear anything shaped or placed like an ear, as the handle of a pitcher or a small box in the upper corner of a newspaper page 0
- noun ear the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, esp. of corn 0
- intransitive verb ear to sprout ears; form ears 0
- noun ear (Countable Noun) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. 0
- noun ear (Countable Noun) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle. 0
- noun ear (Countable Noun) SLA A police informant. 0
- noun ear The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones. 0
- noun ear The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention. 0
- noun ear 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. 0
- noun ear (architecture) An acroterium. 0