Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable)The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

    Ohr

    у́хоúxo, у́шиúši

    ву́хоvúxo

  2. (countable)The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

    the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

  3. (countable, slang)A police informant.

    Informant, Spitzel

    доно́счикdonósčik, доно́счицаdonósčica

  4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.

    a good ear for music

    слухslux

    good hearing

  5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.

  6. 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; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.

    the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.

  7. An acroterium.

  8. A crossette.

  9. A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.

  10. A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.

    Ausbund

  11. The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.

  12. A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.

Examples

1073 sentences
  1. He could not believe his ears.

    Він не міг повірити власним вухам.

    ruОн не мог поверить собственным ушам.

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  2. Tom is still wet behind the ears.

    Том і досі молодий та зелений.

    ruУ Тома ещё молоко на губах не обсохло.

    deTom ist noch feucht hinter den Ohren.

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  3. Don't forget to wash behind your ears.

    Не забудь помитися за вушками.

    ruНе забудь помыть за ушами.

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  4. I'm up to my ears in debt.

    Я по самі вуха у боргах.

    ruЯ по уши в долгах.

    deIch stecke bis über die Ohren in Schulden.

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  5. We're kind of playing it by ear.

    Ми, можна сказати, імпровізуємо.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
organ of hearing:
fruiting body of a grain plant:
Русский
By meaning 4
organ of hearing:
slang: police informant:
musical ability:
fruiting body of a grain plant:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
organ of hearing:
slang: police informant:
curled ridge on bread crust:
fruiting body of a grain plant:

Origin

From Middle English eare, eere, ere, eyr, ire, yere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”),

From Middle English eare, eere, ere, eyr, ire, yere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”).

From Middle English er, ere, from Old English ēar (Northumbrian dialect æhher), from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch aar, German Ähre, and West Frisian ier; also Latin acus (“needle; husk”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”), and Old Church Slavonic ость (ostĭ, “wheat spike, sharp point”). More at edge.

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Forms

plural: ears

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn:spikecapitulum
  • the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear:auriclepinna

Word family

168 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ears pierced
  • piano by ear
  • in one ear
  • ear for music
  • behind his ear
  • an an ear
  • your ears pierced
  • behind the ears
  • my ears are
  • have long ears
  • ear infection
  • an ear for

See also

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ear — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto