EFTA Document EFTA01736166

New pan of speech (indicated by to) Part of speech w ear' a noun the organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, especially the external part of this. a an organ sensitive to sound in other animals. • lin Ina an ability to recognize, appreciate. and reproduce sounds. especially music or language: an ear for rhythm and melody. • used to refer to a person's willingness to listen to others: she offers a sympathetic rang scorned pet 0101111. Encyclopedic information Phrase the ear of a mammal n composed of three parts. the outer Of eatelnal ear convsts of a Ilmhy carnal flap and a tube leading to the eardrum or tympanum. The middle ear is an se.fillcd cavity comecled to the throat. contaen log dere smallCorked bone. that Pamir., vexations horn the eardrum to the acme ear. The moires, is a complex et/Whiled labyrinth including the spiral coth/Pnetheee yobialmoin at tomoted to noveimpultexi and the three semineculat canals (loaning the organ ere balance). Core sense Subsenses (introduced by •) - enRACES be all masoning* Ilstening.!ogerly. Label (showing level of formality) being something (down) Joni one's ears Mite misfortune on ontsejelhetenght her wary crash- about herearsione's ears en Union:woe if subcanxrousts. aware being talKeaibOut or alga- cured. grin (or sink) from ear to ear smile broadly. hen somothing coming out of onin tars infamy have a substantial amount of something:ghat noon it gmmoneys:Omin; ow o earsatave someone's eeihave access to and influence with someone: he claimedto have the prime minister's ear. have (or keep) en ear to the ground be well informed about events and trends in one ear and out the other heard but Quickly forgone n: whatever he tells me seems to to inane ear and out the other. listen with half an ear not give one's full attention. be out on one's or malaria be dismissed ignominiously. reach someone's oars be heard or heard about by some. one: the sound of running feet reached my ears I one of those stones reached our ran. se to Goa ears in nkno very busy with: I'm up to my ears in work here. - OE It I VAT Ives eared adjective let farbratiOnl long- eared. oarless adjective. - ORIGIN Old English tare. of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aer and German Ohr, from an lade- European root shared by Latin auras and Greek ous. Homonym number (indicates different word with the same spelling) earl • noun the seed:bearing head or spike of a cereal plant. a 'Y Are a head of maize. - ORIGIN Old English ear. of Gemini( ongin; related to Dutch oar and German Ahre. Example (showing typical use) EFTA_R1_00021283 EFTA01736166