ear
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
How often you will meet it
Rank 946 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,396 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- good hearing he had a keen eara good ear for pitch
- the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear also: auricle, pinna
- attention to what is said he tried to get her ear
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn also: spike, capitulum
ear in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Gradually my ear grew accustomed to her invariable whisper on these occasions.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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He would have liked to give the boy a cuff on the ear.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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In England all men spoke one tongue, speciously like American to the ear, but on cross-examination unintelligible.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Ethan, glaring at his face in the glass, threw his head back to draw the razor from ear to chin.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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Go, breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear, And say to them, "Be of good cheer!"
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1