Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera

ear


Definition: Meaning of, ear in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪə /

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ear ears
  1. part of your body [countable] one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with
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  2. hearing [countable] used to talk about hearing
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  3. grain [countable] the top part of a plant such as wheat that produces grain
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  4. smile/grin etc from ear to ear to show that you are very happy or pleased by smiling a lot
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  5. [singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc
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  6. a sympathetic ear used to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying
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  7. close/shut your ears to something to refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news
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  8. be all ears informal to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you
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  9. be out on your ear informal to be forced to leave a job, organization etc, especially because you have done something wrong
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  10. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc to have a lot of work etc
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  11. have something coming out (of) your ears informal to have too much of something
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  12. keep your/an ear to the ground to make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation
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  13. keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information
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  14. go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other informal if information goes in one ear and out the other, you forget it as soon as you have heard it
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  15. give somebody a thick ear British English informal to hit someone on the ear
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  16. have somebody's ear to be trusted by someone so that they will listen to your advice, opinions etc
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  17. play something by ear to play music that you have heard without having to read written music
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  18. somebody's ears are burning used to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them
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  19. somebody's ears are flapping British English spoken used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation
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ear used in phrases

  • Alpine mouse-ear (noun)
    1. widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
  • Arctic mouse-ear (noun)
    1. widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
  • Jew's-ear (noun)
    1. widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood
  • bear's ear (noun)
    1. yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
  • cat's-ear (noun)
    1. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
    2. european weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears
  • cauliflower ear (noun)
    1. an ear permanently swollen into a strange shape, as a result of an injury
  • deer's-ear (noun)
    1. any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
  • dog-ear (noun)
    1. a corner of a page turned down to mark your place
  • ear canal (noun)
    1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
  • ear doctor (noun)
    1. a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
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