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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#m1)

2) The ability to hear or notice sounds: "She has a good ear for music." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#m2)

3) The top part of a cereal plant that holds the grains: "an ear of corn". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x1)
- Rabbits have long ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x2)
- Don't put anything in your ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x3)
- I'm all ears — tell me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x4)
- She has an ear for music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x5)
- Loud noise can hurt your ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x6)
- We'll play it by ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x7)
- He ate an ear of corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x8)
- Then she whispered in his ear: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/12/)
- [Elephants recognise old friends after years apart and greet them noisily with rumbles, ear flapping and trunk touches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/15/)
- [Dogs hear sounds much quieter and higher than people can and turn their ears with many muscles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/14/)
- [Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/10/)
- [Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.