eared
/ɪəd/US/ɪ(ə)ɹd/
eared adjective: having ears (of a specified type). Also the simple past and past participle of ear.
Adjective
eared (not comparable)
- Having ears (of a specified type).
- He was a large-eared man.
- What doſt thou puſh, thou prickeard cur of Iſeland?1599 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby […], published 1600, →OCLC...
- Having ears.
- But for his other guests he let bear in the massy cups of silver, and the great eared wine jars holding two firkins apiece, and he let pour forth to the Witches and the Foliots, and they drank the cup of memory unto King Gorice XI., slain that day by the hand of Goldry Bluszco.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31
Also used as
eared is also the simple past and past participle of ear.
Origin of eared
From ear + -ed.
Words formed from eared
- bare-eared squirrel monkey
- bat-eared fox
- big-eared
- blue-eared kingfisher
- chestnut-eared bunting
- chestnut-eared finch
- closed-eared
- close-eared
- cloth-eared
- dog eared
- dog-eared
- dogeared
- dog's-eared
- drop-eared
- Dumbo-eared
- eared grebe
- eared leafhopper
- earedness
- eared owl
- eared pheasant
- eared seal
- flap-eared
- flop-eared
- greater mouse-eared bat
- hairy-eared dwarf lemur
- hook-eared
- hookeared
- hook-eared sculpin
- jug-eared
- long-eared
- long-eared bat
- long-eared fox
- long-eared guinea pig
- long-eared jerboa
- long-eared owl
- lop-eared
- mouse-eared
- mouse-eared bat
- open-eared
- pink-eared duck
- prick-eared
- rabbit-eared
- rabbit-eared bandicoot
- red-eared slider
- red-eared terrapin
- red-eared turtle
- round-eared tube-nosed bat
- short-eared dog
- short-eared fox
- short-eared owl
- short-eared zorro
- small-eared dog
- small-eared galago
- tassel-eared squirrel
- tin-eared
- tulip-eared
- uneared
- western black-eared wheatear
- white-eared honeyeater
- white-eared parakeet
Phrases with eared
Words that rhyme with eared
Questions about eared
- What does eared mean?
- Eared means having ears (of a specified type).
- What part of speech is eared?
- Eared is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce eared?
- Eared is pronounced /ɪəd/ (UK).
Words near eared in the dictionary
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