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ear
has definitions from the fields of zoology,anatomy,physiology,botany
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[ noun ] (zoology) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Place flat palms on either side of the head a_few inches away from the ears , fingers pointing toward the shoulders . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty murmured , `` No , thanks '' , so softly his father had_to bend his gaunt height across the table and turn a round brown ear to him . Scotty regarded the ear and the grizzled hair around it with a moment of interest . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He smiled and stuck a large finger with white hairs sprouting on_it into his ear as though that might help . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The doctor , with the air of a man whose professional interests have found scope , drew Alex 's attention to those excellences which might otherwise have escaped him : the fine color in comb and wattles , the length and quality of neck and saddle_hackles , the firm , wide spread of the toes , and a rare justness in the formation of the ear lappets . |
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[ noun ] (physiology) good hearing
Examples "he had a keen ear" "a good ear for pitch" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)So the audience last night was all ears and eyes just after Act 2 , got a rousing opening chorus , `` Where's_Charley ? '' (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Although lacking absolute verisimilitude , they supply the ear and the imagination with all necessary materials for re-creation of the original . Your ear takes you into the ensemble , and you may well become aware of instrumental details which previously were apparent only in the score . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Publishers want books that will sell , recording_studios want discs that will not seem strange to ears used_to hillbilly and jazz music , grade and high_schools want quaint , but moral , material . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Cardboard noisemakers , substitutes for the unavailable tin models , were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway , and one 's ears were continually serenaded by the horns ' rasps and bleats . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Carroll diagnosed Mrs._Hull by taking a drop of blood from her ear and putting it on his `` radionic '' machine and twirling some knobs ( fee $ 50 ) . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)I wore a new double-breasted brown worsted suit with a faint herringbone design and wide lapels like a devil 's ears . I looked_for Jessica to materialize out of the clogging , curdling crowd and , as the time passed and I waited , a fiend came_to_life beside me and whispered in my ear : How was I planning to greet Jessica ? Related terms cartilaginous_structure cauliflower_ear external_ear tragus earlobe |
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