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lending an ear

lending an ear is the present participle and gerund of lend an ear.

Meaning of lend an ear

Verb

lend an ear (third-person singular simple present lends an ear, present participle lending an ear, simple past and past participle lent an ear)

  1. (idiomatic) To listen to someone.
    • Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about lending an ear

What is lending an ear the present participle and gerund of?
Lending an ear is the present participle and gerund of lend an ear.

Words near lending an ear in the dictionary

  1. lenders of last resort
  2. lendeth
  3. Lendian
  4. lending
  5. lending a hand
  6. lending an ear
  7. lending hand
  8. lending hands
  9. lending itself to
  10. lending libraries
  11. lending library

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