eared

1. 1
   adjective

   Having ears, the body parts used for hearing.

   Eared animals have outer ears, while snakes and frogs do not.

   We watched a small eared animal turn its head to listen.

   Oppositeearless

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2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   Having ears, or ear-like parts, of a certain shape or kind.

   Like calling a cup 'handled' because it has a handle: 'eared' means something has ears.

   Eared seals have small ear flaps, unlike the true seals.

   An eared owl has feather tufts that stick up like ears.

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of ear. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The corn eared earlier than usual this summer.

   Our wheat eared well after the spring rains.

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