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lends an ear

lends an ear is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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]...

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What is lends an ear the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lends an ear is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lend an ear.

Words near lends an ear in the dictionary

  1. lending libraries
  2. lending library
  3. lendings
  4. lends
  5. lends a hand
  6. lends an ear
  7. lends itself to
  8. Lendu
  9. lene
  10. Leneghan
  11. Leneghans

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