Ear Definition
(archaic) To plough.
Eye dialect spelling of hear.
- Acutely attentive:
Tell your story—we're all ears!
- In more than adequate amounts; overabundant.
- To pay close attention; listen attentively.
- To be on the watch for new trends or information.
- Without any influence or effect; unheeded:
His mind was made up, so my arguments went in one ear and out the other.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ear
- all ears
- coming out of (one's) ears
- give
- have
- in one ear and out the other
- on its
- up to (one's) ears
- be all ears
- bend someone's ear
- fall on deaf ears
- give ear
- have an ear to the ground
- have the ear of
- in one ear and out the other
- play by ear
- play it by ear
- set on its ear
- turn a deaf ear
Origin of Ear
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From Middle English ere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), 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 *h₂ous- (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Russian ухо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Persian گوش (guš)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English er, from Old English ēar, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (compare West Frisian ier, Dutch aar, German Ähre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ék- 'sharp' (compare Latin acus 'needle; husk', Tocharian B āk 'ear, awn', Old Church Slavonic ostĭ 'wheat spike, sharp point'). More at edge.
From Wiktionary
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A representation of the pronunciation of hear by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]).
From Wiktionary
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From Old English erian, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ere from Old English ēare ous- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English ere from Old English ēar ak- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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