dog-eared page
1dog-eared — [ dag ,ırd ] adjective a dog eared page or book has been used so much that the corners or edges have become damaged or torn …
2dog-eared — adjective worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down a somewhat dog eared duke...a bit run down Clifton Fadiman an old book with dog eared pages • Syn: ↑eared • Similar to: ↑worn * * * adjective …
3dog-eared — UK [ˈdɒɡ ˌɪə(r)d] / US [ˈdɑɡ ˌɪrd] adjective a dog eared page or book has been used so much that the corners or edges have become damaged or torn …
4dog-eared — [ˈdɒg ˌɪəd] adj a dog eared page or book has been used so much that the corners or edges have become damaged or torn …
5dog-eared — a. 1. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long continued usage; said of a book; as, an old book with dog eared pages. Note: Making a page dog eared is sometimes done deliberately to mark a location in a book. [ …
6dog-eared — adjective a) To be bent or slightly ragged in appearance in a manner like the ear of certain dogs. It implies that the page has been read a lot, but could be a sign of mistreatment: The pages in his favorite book were dog eared from years of… …
7dog-eared — adj. Dog eared is used with these nouns: ↑copy, ↑page …
8Dog ears — A dog eared page. A dog ear is a phrase that refers to the folded down corner of a book page,[1] because wolves ears stand erect while the ears of many breeds of dog flop over. A dog ear can serve as a bookmark. While generally frowned upon by… …
9dog-ear — noun a corner of a page turned down to mark your place • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑signaling, ↑sign • Part Holonyms: ↑page * * * I. transitive verb also …
10page — noun 1 in a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ back, front ▪ facing, opposite ▪ There s a photo of him on the opposite page. ▪ inside …
