ear — OET · Shobdo

ear

noun

1 Helen had an infection of the ear:

organ of hearing;

Scottish, & Northern English, or informal lug;

informal earhole;

British, informal lughole, shell-like.

2 he had the ear of President Roosevelt:

attention, attentiveness, notice, heed, regard, consideration.

3 he has an ear for a good song:

appreciation, discrimination, perception, musical taste.

□ all earsinformal

if you have a suggestion I'm all ears:

alert, vigilant, wide awake, aware, watchful, attentive, observant, circumspect, wary, chary, heedful, canny;

on one's guard, on one's toes, on the qui vive.

□ play it by ear

he had no special game plan and said he would play it by ear:

improvise, extemporize, ad lib;

make it up as one goes along, take it as it comes, think on one's feet;

Latin ad libitum;

informal busk it, wing it.

word links	ear
aural, auricular, otic relating to the ear auditory relating to hearing binaural relating to both ears audiology, otology branch of medicine concerning the ear otolaryngology branch of medicine concerning the ears and throat otorhinolaryngology branch of medicine concerning the ears, nose, and throat otitis inflammation of the ear otoplasty surgery to repair an ear

ear (1) Oxford Dictionary of English