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Ear   /ɪr/   Listen
Ear

noun
1.
The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
2.
Good hearing.  "A good ear for pitch"
3.
The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.  Synonyms: auricle, pinna.
4.
Attention to what is said.
5.
Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.  Synonyms: capitulum, spike.



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"Ear" Quotes from Famous Books



... to catch a thief," said Lebrun enigmatically, when he saw that he had the ear of the crowd, "and it takes a man to catch ...
— Gunman's Reckoning • Max Brand

... of the ear is spiritual truth learned and loved; nor cometh this apprehension from the experiences of others. We glean spiritual harvests from our own material losses. In this consuming heat false images are effaced from the canvas of mortal mind; and thus ...
— Retrospection and Introspection • Mary Baker Eddy

... on the ground. She leaned over to pick it up. A sound of human voices smote her ear. The voices were not those of any member of the houseboat party. They ...
— Madge Morton's Secret • Amy D. V. Chalmers

... their ears, and not men? A. Because there is a certain muscle near the under jaw which doth cause motion in the ear; and therefore, that muscle being extended and stretched, men do not move their ears, as it hath been seen in divers men; but all beasts do use that muscle or fleshy sinew, and ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous

... ''Ear! 'Ear!' said Ortheris, pointing the moral with a wave of his pipe. 'An' this is 'im 'oo would be a bloomin' Vulmea all for the sake of Mullins an' a bloomin' button! Mullins never went after a woman in his life. Mrs. Mullins, ...
— Soldiers Three • Rudyard Kipling


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