Word Image
plural: ears
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: the organ of hearing and balance of vertebrates that in the typical mammal consists of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by an eardrum from a sound-carrying middle ear that in turn is separated from an inner ear containing neurons that receive sound and send nerve impulses to the brain; the sense or act of hearing; willing or sympathetic attention; something resembling an ear in shape or position; the seed-bearing head of a cereal (as corn) including both the seeds and protective structures
verb: to form ears in growing
Word Family
eared
earring
earless
earful
earbud
earplug
earwax
eardrum
eardrop
earlobe
earmuff
earache
Sentences
I have an earache after swimming in the pool.
I’m trying to get the boss’s ear to ask for a pay raise.
She got her ears pierced as a toddler.
Everything you say to him goes in one ear and out the other.
We need to shuck some ears of corn for dinner.
He set the racing world on its ear by breaking the record.
Are those your new Bluetooth earbuds?
When I got to the office I got an earful of complaints.
The baby is pulling on her ears again.
My old Teddy bear is not only earless but legless, too.
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