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How to pronounce ear
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What does ear mean?
nounThe organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
A police informant.
“No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.”
verbTo take in with the ears; to hear.
“I eared her language.”
To hold by the ears.
“Sometimes, the helper eared the horse down; and sometimes he used a blindfold.”
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