ear of grain

  • 1ear — {{11}}ear (1) organ of hearing, O.E. eare ear, from P.Gmc. *auzon (Cf. O.N. eyra, Dan. ère, O.Fris. are, O.S. ore, M.Du. ore, Du. oor, O.H.G. ora, Ger. Ohr, Goth. auso), from PIE …

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  • 2Grain in Ear — Poster for Mang zhong (2005) Directed by Zhang Lü Produced by Choi Do yeong …

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  • 3ear — W2S2 [ıə US ır] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(hearing)¦ 3¦(grain)¦ 4 smile/grin etc from ear to ear 5 6 a sympathetic ear 7 close/shut your ears to something …

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  • 4ear — ear1 [ir] n. [ME ere < OE ēare akin to Goth ausō, Ger ohr < IE base * ous , ear > L auris, Gr ous, OIr au] 1. the part of the body specialized for the perception of sound; organ of hearing: the human ear consists of the external ear, the …

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  • 5ear — [ ır ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the two parts at the sides of your head that you hear with: He whispered something in her ear. 2. ) singular the ability to hear and judge sounds: She has a very good ear for music. 3. ) count the part at the top …

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  • 6Ear — Ear, v. i. To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7ear — noun 1 PART OF YOUR BODY (C) one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with: Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear. 2 HEARING (U) the ability to hear sounds: too high pitched to be heard by the human ear | have… …

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  • 8grain — grainer, n. grainless, adj. /grayn/, n. 1. a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. 2. the gathered seed of food plants, esp. of cereal plants. 3. such plants collectively. 4. any small,… …

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  • 9ear */*/*/ — UK [ɪə(r)] / US [ɪr] noun Word forms ear : singular ear plural ears 1) [countable] one of the two parts at the sides of your head that you hear with He whispered something in her ear. 2) [singular] the ability to hear and judge sounds She has a… …

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  • 10Ear (disambiguation) — The ear is the sense organ that detects sound.Ear may also mean:* Ear (botany), the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat * Ear (rune), a part of the Anglo Saxon Futhorc (runic alphabet) * Ear (mathematics), a type of polygon vertexEAR may… …

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