# eared

Pronunciation: say "EERD" US /ɪ(ə)ɹd/, UK /ɪəd/

## Adjective

1. Having ears, the organs used for hearing.
   - Simple: Having ears, the body parts used for hearing.
   - _Eared mammals have outer ear flaps that fish and amphibians lack._
   - _Most eared mammals can rotate their ears toward a sound._
2. Having ears of a specified type, usually named by a describing word placed in front.
   - Simple: Having ears, or ear-like parts, of a certain shape or kind.
   - _Eared seals differ from true seals in having visible external ear flaps._
   - _The eared grebe sports golden tufts behind its eyes during the breeding season._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of ear. — simple past and past participle of ear
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of ear. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The barley eared before the drought set in._
   - _By midsummer the rye had eared across the whole valley._

## Origin

Formed from "ear" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/eared (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).