📖 H — The English dictionary · page 14

hear — Everyday, meaning 1: To notice sounds with your ears.↗ e.g. "I hear a bird."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be told news.↗ e.g. "I heard you won!"↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To listen to something formally.↗ e.g. "The judge heard the case."↗ Example: I can hear the rain on the roof.↗ · Did you hear the bell?↗ · I heard that you have a new puppy.↗ · Listen to hear cars coming.↗ · We haven't heard from Grandma.↗ · Speak up, I can't hear you.↗ · Bats hear very high sounds.↗ · Have you heard of this book?↗ · I think I hear her too.”↗ · And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi: (Torah NUM.16.8, JPS 1917)↗ · HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.↗ (Torah DEU.6.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.↗ (Torah DEU.17.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Know ye not? hear ye not?↗ (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.↗ (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917)↗ · He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?↗ (Writings PSA.94.9, JPS 1917)↗

heard — Everyday, meaning 1: Heard means you noticed a sound with your ears in the past.↗ e.g. I heard a bang.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It also means you were told news or information.↗ e.g. I heard that school is closed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Heard of means you know that something exists.↗ e.g. Have you heard of this game?↗ Example: I heard a dog barking outside.↗ · Did you hear thunder?↗ Yes, I heard it.↗ · We heard the news on the radio.↗ · Have you heard of the Loch Ness monster?↗ · She heard footsteps on the stairs.↗ · I have not heard from my pen pal yet.↗ · The teacher heard us whispering.↗ · Sound travels through the air to be heard.↗ · Presently he heard steps coming upstairs.↗ · And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.↗ (Torah GEN.27.5, JPS 1917)↗ · 'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.↗ (Torah EXO.16.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.↗ (Torah NUM.16.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath heard such a thing?↗ (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)↗ · This is the noise that ye have heard.↗ (Prophets 1KI.1.45, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?↗ (Prophets JER.23.18, JPS 1917)↗

hearer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who hears or listens to something, especially a speech, a story or a sermon.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (language) In linguistics, the listener in a conversation, as opposed to the speaker.↗ Example: The storyteller held all her hearers spellbound.↗ · A good speaker thinks about what the hearer needs to know.↗ · The Bible says to be «doers of the word, and not hearers only».↗ · Every hearer laughed at the joke.↗ · In a conversation, the hearer and speaker take turns.↗ · "No need of witnesses," said one of the hearers.↗

hearest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «hearest» means «you hear», a form of «hear»: To notice sounds with your ears.↗ e.g. "I hear a bird."↗ Example: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.15, JPS 1917) · Thou givest nothing, and thou hearest nothing"--and, leaping from his seat, he took up a club and began beating the sack till he had knocked a hole in the wall, and beaten the sack to bits.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales)

heareth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «heareth» means «hears», a form of «hear»: To notice sounds with your ears.↗ e.g. "I hear a bird."↗ Example: And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'↗ (Torah GEN.21.6, JPS 1917) · The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:↗ (Torah NUM.24.4, JPS 1917) · The saying of him who heareth the words of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:↗ (Torah NUM.24.16, JPS 1917)

hearing — Everyday, meaning 1: Hearing is the sense that lets you notice sounds, using your ears.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hearing (verb) means noticing sounds right now.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A hearing is a meeting where a judge or a group listens to people before deciding something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Hearing can also mean being told something, as in "On hearing the news, she smiled.".↗ Example: Dogs have very good hearing.↗ · Hearing is one of our five senses.↗ · My grandpa wears a hearing aid because he is hard of hearing.↗ · I keep hearing a strange noise in the attic.↗ · Very loud music can damage your hearing.↗ · The nurse gave me a hearing test at school.↗ · Bats use their hearing to find insects in the dark.↗ · Are you hearing me?↗ · On hearing this Bellah began to laugh.↗ · And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.'↗ (Torah EXO.24.7, JPS 1917)↗ · when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.↗ (Torah DEU.31.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.↗ (Torah GEN.23.16, JPS 1917)↗ · As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.↗ (Prophets EZK.10.13, JPS 1917)↗ · The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.↗ (Writings PRO.20.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words; (Writings JOB.33.8, JPS 1917)↗

hearken — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned) To listen carefully.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (hearken back to) To go back to or remind people of something from the past.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: to listen carefully; in the Torah it means to obey.↗ Example: «Hearken, children, to my tale,» said the old storyteller.↗ · The Bible says, «Hearken unto me, O my people.»↗ · The design hearkens back to the old Victorian style.↗ · They would not hearken to the warning and the boat sank.↗ · The song «Hark! the herald angels sing» uses the short form «hark».↗ · Hearken to the wind in the trees.↗ · "Well, then, hearken now!" cried the Tsar.↗ · And they shall hearken to thy voice.↗ (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917)↗ · But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also.↗ (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.↗ (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the king hearkened unto them.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Dost thou hearken in the council of God?↗ (Writings JOB.15.8, JPS 1917)↗ · To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!↗ (Writings PSA.95.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And they shall hearken to thy voice.↗ (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917) · "Well, then, hearken now!" cried the Tsar.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also.↗ (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917)

hearsay — Everyday, meaning 1: Things you have heard from other people but do not know are true; rumour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) Evidence in court about what someone else said, not what the witness saw themselves; it is often not allowed.↗ Example: That's just hearsay, nobody actually saw it.↗ · You shouldn't believe hearsay about people.↗ · The judge said the statement was hearsay.↗ · The story spread round school by hearsay.↗ · Is this a fact or just hearsay?↗ · Good journalists check facts instead of printing hearsay.↗

hearse — Everyday, meaning 1: A car or carriage that carries a coffin to a funeral.↗ Example: A black hearse drove slowly down the road.↗ · The hearse stopped at the church door.↗ · Everyone stood quietly as the hearse passed.↗

heart — Everyday, meaning 1: The organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your feelings, kindness or love: a kind heart, a broken heart.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The centre or most important part: the heart of the city, the heart of the problem.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The shape ♥, and one of the four suits in playing cards (hearts).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Courage: «Don't lose heart».↗ Example: Your heart pumps blood all day and all night.↗ · My heart beats fast after I run.↗ · We learned the poem by heart.↗ · She has a kind heart.↗ · The museum is in the heart of the city.↗ · I drew a red heart on the card.↗ · He played the queen of hearts.↗ · Don't lose heart — try again.↗ · And now my heart is broken."↗ · Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God.↗ (Torah DEU.18.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.↗ (Torah DEU.10.16, JPS 1917)↗ · But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.↗ (Torah EXO.10.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Why doth thy heart carry thee away?↗ (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917)↗ · For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.↗ (Writings PSA.44.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.↗ (Prophets HOS.4.11, JPS 1917)↗

heartbeat — Everyday, meaning 1: A heartbeat is one beat of the heart as it pumps blood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your heartbeat is the steady sound or rhythm of your heart beating.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In a heartbeat» means very quickly, without stopping to think.↗ Example: I could feel my heartbeat after the race.↗ · The doctor listened to my heartbeat.↗ · Count your heartbeats for one minute.↗ · Exercise makes your heartbeat faster.↗ · A baby's heartbeat is faster than an adult's.↗ · I'd say yes in a heartbeat.↗

heartbreak — Everyday, meaning 1: Heartbreak is very great sadness, especially when someone you love leaves you, dies, or when you lose something important.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A heartbreak is an event that causes such sadness.↗ Example: Losing our old dog was a real heartbreak.↗ · The team suffered heartbreak in the final minute.↗ · Moving away from her best friend caused great heartbreak.↗ · The song is about heartbreak and love.↗ · There was heartbreak when the school play was cancelled.↗ · Time and friends help heal heartbreak.↗

heartbroken — Everyday, meaning 1: Extremely sad, usually because someone you love has died or left, or because of a great disappointment.↗ Example: Lily was heartbroken when her old dog died.↗ · He was heartbroken when his best friend moved to another country.↗ · The team were heartbroken after losing the final.↗ · Grandpa was heartbroken after Grandma passed away.↗ · She was heartbroken to find her sandcastle washed away.↗ · The heartbroken boy cried all night.↗ · The poor Marionette was heartbroken at reading these words.↗

heartburn — Everyday, meaning 1: Heartburn is a burning, painful feeling in the chest or throat, caused when acid from the stomach comes back up.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It often happens after eating too much, eating spicy or fatty food, or lying down right after a meal.↗ Example: Dad got heartburn after the spicy curry.↗ · Heartburn has nothing to do with your heart.↗ · Don't lie down straight after a big meal or you may get heartburn.↗ · Grandma takes a tablet for her heartburn.↗ · Heartburn feels like burning behind your chest bone.↗ · Eating slowly can help stop heartburn.↗ · The acid in your stomach causes heartburn.↗ · Pregnant women often get heartburn.↗

heartfelt — Everyday, meaning 1: Heartfelt means deeply and sincerely felt, coming truly from the heart.↗ Example: Please accept our heartfelt thanks for your help.↗ · He wrote a heartfelt apology to his friend.↗ · The class sent heartfelt get-well cards to Mr Patel.↗ · Her speech at Grandad's funeral was heartfelt.↗ · We offer our heartfelt condolences to the family.↗ · The song was simple but heartfelt.↗ · She bent over her husband, who still slept; her warm, devoted kiss awakened him, and words of heartfelt love fell from the lips of both.↗

hearth — Everyday, meaning 1: A hearth is the floor of a fireplace and the area just in front of it, where the fire burns.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literary) Hearth can mean home and family life, as in «hearth and home».↗ Example: The cat slept on the warm hearth.↗ · Grandma swept the ashes from the hearth.↗ · In Viking houses the hearth was in the middle of the room.↗ · Keep the fireguard in front of the hearth.↗ · The soldiers longed to return to hearth and home.↗ · We hung our stockings above the hearth on Christmas Eve.↗ · The cakes were smoking on the hearth.↗ · For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.↗ (Writings PSA.102.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.↗ (Prophets EZK.43.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.↗ (Prophets EZK.43.15, JPS 1917)↗

hearthrug — Everyday, meaning 1: A rug laid on the floor in front of a fireplace.↗ Example: The dog stretched out on the hearthrug.↗ · The children sat on the hearthrug toasting bread.↗ · Mole curled up on Badger's hearthrug.↗ · The cat licked its paws on the hearthrug.↗ · A spark jumped from the fire onto the hearthrug.↗ · Grandma's hearthrug was red and soft.↗ · The noise disturbed the Cat, who was asleep on the hearthrug.↗

hearthstone — Everyday, meaning 1: A flat stone in front of a fireplace; in old use it stands for the home and the fireside.↗ Example: The cat slept on the warm hearthstone.↗ · Two pots stood on the hearthstone.↗ · The family gathered around the hearthstone.↗