adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪəd/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ɪ(ə)ɹd/
rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)d
CMU ARPABET:IH1 R D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having ears (of a specified type).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Examples
He was a large-eared man.
1835, William Wordsworth, "On a High Part of the Coast of Cumberland," line 19-20, in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited by William Knight, Volume VII, London: Macmillan & Co., 1896, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47143/47143-h/47143-h.htm Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice / In admonitions of thy softest voice!
1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Perennial Classics, 2002, Part Two, Chapter 28, p. 305, Some of his rural clients would park their long-eared steeds under the chinaberry trees in the back yard, and Atticus would keep appointments on the back steps.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having ears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of ear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: earless
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down-Clifton Fadiman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down
an old book with dog-eared pages
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dog-eared
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From ear + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
orellut
— having some specific type of ear
Finnish:
-korvainen
— having some specific type of ear
French:
oreillard
— having some specific type of ear
Hungarian:
füles
— having some specific type of ear
Portuguese:
orelhudo
— having some specific type of ear
Spanish:
orejón
— having some specific type of ear
Spanish:
orejudo
— having some specific type of ear
Turkish:
kulaklı
— having some specific type of ear
Welsh:
clustiog
— having some specific type of ear
