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having ears

having ears is the present participle and gerund of have ears.

Meaning of have ears

Verb

have ears (third-person singular simple present has ears, present participle having ears, simple past and past participle had ears)

  1. to understand
    • You said it all though not many had ears
      All those years ago1981, George Harrison, “All Those Years Ago”, in Somewhere in England

Questions about having ears

What is having ears the present participle and gerund of?
Having ears is the present participle and gerund of have ears.

Words near having ears in the dictionary

  1. having done with
  2. having down
  3. having down as
  4. having down to a science
  5. having drink taken
  6. having ears
  7. having eyes bigger than one's stomach
  8. having eyes for
  9. having eyes in the back of one's head
  10. having fingers made of lime-twigs
  11. having form

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