dog-ear
UK/ˈdɒɡɪə//ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/
dog-ear noun: the folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
Noun
dog-ear (plural dog-ears)
- The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
Verb
dog-ear (third-person singular simple present dog-ears, present participle dog-earing, simple past and past participle dog-eared)
- To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).
- His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164
dog-ear meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
dog-ear in Tamil
- புத்தக மூலை மடிப்பு, புத்தகத்தை மூலையில் மடியவிடு
dog-ear in Kannada
- ನಾಯಿಕಿವಿ, ನಾಯಿಗಿವಿ, ಮೂಲೆ ಮಡಿಕೆ
dog-ear in Tagalog
- folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
- luping
Forms of dog-ear
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dog-ears |
| alternative form | dog ear |
| alternative form | dogear |
| alternative form | dog's-ear |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dog-ears |
| present participle | dog-earing |
| past participle | dog-eared |
| past | dog-eared |
Origin of dog-ear
The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb).
Questions about dog-ear
- What does dog-ear mean?
- Dog-ear means the folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
- What is dog-ear in Tamil?
- Dog-ear in Tamil is புத்தக மூலை மடிப்பு, புத்தகத்தை மூலையில் மடியவிடு. See Dog-ear meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dog-ear?
- Dog-ear can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dog-ear?
- Dog-ear is pronounced /ˈdɒɡɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dog-ear?
- The plural of dog-ear is dog-ears.
Words near dog-ear in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dog-ear (page history and authors); dog-ear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dog-ear (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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