Definition of "ear" []

• Anatomy The vertebrate organ of hearing, responsible for maintaining equilibrium as well as sensing sound and divided in mammals into the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. (noun)
• Anatomy The part of this organ that is externally visible. (noun)
• An invertebrate organ analogous to the mammalian ear. (noun)
• The sense of hearing: a sound that grates on the ear. (noun)
• Sensitivity or receptiveness to sound, especially: (noun)

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• "If the child has frequent ear infections, see a health worker or ‘ear doctor’."
• "_First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear_."
• "The _bambino_, to express his agony, was _grinning from ear to ear_."