ear

«ear» in Mova's school dictionary: One of the two parts on the sides of the head that you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ear, ears)

meaning for a pupil

1) One of the two parts on the sides of the head that you hear with. tree →

2) The ability to hear or notice sounds: "She has a good ear for music." tree →

3) The top part of a cereal plant that holds the grains: "an ear of corn". tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, the ear catches sound vibrations and sends signals to the brain; it also helps balance. In safety: never put things in your ears; loud noise can damage hearing. Phrases: all ears (listening), play it by ear (decide as you go), ear of corn, earache, earring.

examples

• We hear with our ears. tree →
• Rabbits have long ears. tree →
• Don't put anything in your ear. tree →
• I'm all ears — tell me! tree →
• She has an ear for music. tree →
• Loud noise can hurt your ears. tree →
• We'll play it by ear. tree →
• He ate an ear of corn. tree →
• Then she whispered in his ear: tree →

note

Plural "ears". Your ears help you keep your balance. "Earache" is a pain in the ear. Loud music through headphones can damage hearing over time.

In the corpora

• Elephant ears are full of blood vessels, and flapping them cools the blood; African elephants have much bigger ears than Asian elephants.
• Elephants recognise old friends after years apart and greet them noisily with rumbles, ear flapping and trunk touches.
• Dogs hear sounds much quieter and higher than people can and turn their ears with many muscles.
• Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.
• Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.