(n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.
(n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.
(n.) Same as Acroterium.
(n.) Same as Crossette.
(n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
(v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.
(n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
(v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.
(v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition autoradiography was performed to localize labelled cells in the inner ear.
(2) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(3) Circuitry has been developed to feed the output of an ear densitogram pickup into one channel of a two-channel Holter monitor.
(4) Bipolar derivations with the maximum PSE always included the locations with the maximum PSE obtained from a linked ears reference.
(5) There were no statistically significant increases in ABR thresholds for irradiated ears vs. control ears.
(6) In the 12 prognostically most favourable ears the cavity was repneumatized.
(7) In the study group 43 (64%) children had a confirmed bacterial AOM and 24 (36%) showed no bacterial growth from middle ear fluid.
(8) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(9) Platinum deer mice are conspicuously pale, with light ears and tail stripe.
(10) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).
(11) Noise exposure and demographic data applicable to the United States, and procedures for predicting noise-induced permanent threshold shift (NIPTS) and nosocusis, were used to account for some 8.7 dB of the 13.4 dB average difference between the hearing levels at high frequencies for otologically and noise screened versus unscreened male ears; (this average difference is for the average of the hearing levels at 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz, average for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles, and ages 20-65 years).
(12) Recurrent respiratory infections occurred in 17 (38%), and chronic recurrent middle ear effusions were noted in 33 (73%).
(13) The observed staining indicated that the epithelium of the external auditory meatus has a pattern of keratin expression typical of epidermis in general and the epithelium of the middle ear resembles simple columnar epithelia.
(14) On the seventh day, when middle ear effusions were absent, the ciliary activity had recovered to normal.
(15) Calves were tagged in the right ear with the green certified preconditioned for health (CPH) tag of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
(16) Inner Ear Decompression Sickness (IEDCS)--manifested by tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and hearing loss--is usually associated with deep air or mixed gas dives, and accompanied by other CNS symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS).
(17) Real ear CVRs, calculated from real ear recordings of nonsense syllables, were obtained from eight hearing-impaired listeners.
(18) A 56-year-old man was admitted because of left facial palsy and hearing loss of bilateral ears.
(19) Bamu also beat him, taking a pair of pliers and wrenching his ear.
(20) Most symptoms come from the ciliated airways (nose, paranasal sinuses, and bronchs) and from the middle ear.
Earshot
Definition:
(n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Throughout his life, Dad observed the rule that profanity – effing and blinding as he called it – should be confined to workplaces and other all-male venues where men gathered outside the earshot of women and children.
(2) I had not heard my mobile - although it was supposed to be always in earshot - and they wanted me back in the office.
(3) Tourists and other members of the public were said to have been within earshot.
(4) The first thing they’re going to say is: “It wasn’t the Brummie Boardwalk we were promised!” Look them in the eye and respond: “Oh, so you wanted it to plod through two seasons of stodgy plots bogged down by political machinations no one but a policy wonk could get excited about before really getting going in seasons 3 and 4?” Then wait for the applause anyone within earshot will give you.
(5) In the event the crowds continued in what amounted to a triumphant shuffle to within earshot of the Trump White House.
(6) They flew the Predator drone out of sight and beyond earshot of the targets at about 20,000 feet and a distance of about four nautical miles from the group on the ground.
(7) Through the Olive Trees, five years previously, had wrapped up with a proposal of marriage and a subsequent conversation conducted in the distance, out of earshot.
(8) "'Quiet' places were often the worst, because there was always someone likely to be passing within earshot."
(9) Connoisseurs of accountability may be intrigued to note that those who pay the piper are most able to call the tunes when they are within earshot, like voters to MPs.
(10) For instance, a married woman should avoid being alone with a male physician unless other people are in earshot and have access to the room.
(11) Dr Ray and I wait in silence, poised until she’s safely out of earshot, before we both break down with laughter.
(12) The first thing they did was hire some skips and fill them with what Tunstall – no children in earshot – cheerfully called the "tat and crap" covering every wall and filling every cupboard and storage space.
(13) In many ways, actually winning the game became secondary – although that shouldn't be mentioned within earshot of head coach Adrian Heath, the former Everton and Stoke City striker, who has devoted the last five years of his life to building an MLS-worthy team.
(14) If you want to get punched in the face, just wait until the next hot day and go next door to complain about a) their barbecue fumes stinking up your washing line and b) how the Rihanna on their outdoor stereo contains sexually commodifying messages that will corrupt any child within earshot.
(15) Inside the club museum, displayed on a wall around the corner from four replica European Cups and in earshot of a recording of the Kop chorusing You'll Never Walk Alone, is a marble plaque 18 inches square that reads: "In Memoriam: In memory of those who died at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels."
(16) Saturday Night Live is really disgusting for having him on.” Saturday Night Live had increased security measures, according to Montgomery, who said he remained hopeful that someone would manage to heckle the billionaire at least in earshot of microphones.
(17) This overt display of loyalty fractures when rare opportunities for rushed conversations out of earshot of the ubiquitous regime minders and informants arise.
(18) After Finland, it is the country with the worst food,” he said, adding: “One cannot trust people whose cuisine is so bad.” The comments were made in earshot of reporters, but a spokesman for Chirac said subsequent press reports did not reflect “the tone or the content” of the exchange.
(19) "The Jermain Defoe fridge magnet would spend a few years on the fridge, telling everyone on earshot that he deserved to be on the 48" HD TV, reckons Adrian Cooper.
(20) To provide data to guide physicians regarding the extent to which pediatric patients and their families should be involved in decision-making discussions by their health care teams, we compared the standard rounding procedure in a pediatric oncology unit (rounds conducted out of earshot) with bedside rounds in which management was discussed in front of patients and parents.