1. the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
2. the external ear alone: The hat completely covers his ears.
3. the sense of hearing: sounds that are pleasing to the ear.
4. keen or sensitive perception of the differences of sound, especially sensitiveness to the quality and correctness of musical sounds: an ear for music; a violinist with a good ear.
5. attention; heed: to gain a person's ear.
6. any part that resembles or suggests an ear in position or form, as the handle of a teacup.
7. crossette.
8. a small box in either upper corner of a newspaper page, usually the front page or split page, containing the name of or a symbol for the edition, a weather bulletin, a slogan, or the like.
9. Furniture.
• a decorative feature at the upper end of a leg.
• one of the decorative features at each end of a crest rail.
10. earphones.
11. ear tuft.

12. to give all one's attention; listen: We were all ears as the scandal was revealed.
13. to listen attentively: to bend an ear to a request for aid.
14. to talk to someone uninterruptedly and often so as to induce boredom: He'll bend your ear for hours if given the chance.
15. without reference to written or printed music: to play the piano by ear.
16. to be disregarded; pass unheeded: Their pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.
17. to pay attention; listen carefully.
18. to be heard but ignored; be put out of mind: My repeated warnings to her went in one ear and out the other.
19. to keep well-informed about current trends; be shrewd or astute: Because she had her ear to the ground, she made a large fortune in stock speculation.
20. to be listening to a CB radio, police radio, walkie-talkie, etc.
21. to give a person a sound beating; defeat a person utterly: If he doesn't behave himself, I'll pin his ears back.
22. to cause to dispute or quarrel: He's a troublemaker who keeps trying to set the two other children by the ears.
23. to excite or stir up; shock; amaze: The presence of the movie star set the whole town on its ear.
24. to refuse to listen to or consider (a request, petition, etc.): He turns a deaf ear to requests for loans.
25. deeply involved or occupied to full capacity: We are up to our ears in work.
26. wet (def. 19).

1. the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.

2. to form or put forth ears.

1. to plow; cultivate.

1. the organ of hearing and balance in higher vertebrates and of balance only in fishes. In man and other mammals it consists of three parts
2. the outermost cartilaginous part of the ear (pinna) in mammals, esp man
3. the sense of hearing
4. sensitivity to musical sounds, poetic diction, etc
5. attention, esp favourable attention; consideration; heed (esp in the phrases give ear to, lend an ear)
6. an object resembling the external ear in shape or position, such as a handle on a jug
7. a display box at the head of a newspaper page, esp the front page, for advertisements, etc
8. very attentive; listening carefully
9. without reading from written music
10. to reprimand severely
11. to be ignored or pass unnoticed
12. to be stubbornly disobedient
13. a sharp rebuke
14. to be in a position to influence
15. heard but unheeded
16. to be or try to be well informed about current trends and opinions
17. to ruin disastrously
18. one is aware of being the topic of another's conversation
19. dismissed unceremoniously
20. play by ear
• to act according to the demands of a situation rather than to a plan; improvise
• to perform a musical piece on an instrument without written music
21. to start to listen attentively; become interested
22. to cause disagreement or commotion
23. a blow on the ear delivered as punishment, in anger, etc
24. to be deliberately unresponsive
25. deeply involved, as in work or debt
26. inexperienced; naive; immature

1. the part of a cereal plant, such as wheat or barley, that contains the seeds, grains, or kernels

2. (of cereal plants) to develop such parts

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