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eared

[ UK /ˈi‍əd/ ]
[ US /ˈɪɹd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down
    an old book with dog-eared pages
    a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down
  2. having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination

How To Use eared In A Sentence

  • Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
  • A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
  • Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard. The Sun
  • My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.
  • Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
  • The servants disappeared as if they were whiffs of smoke blown away by the wind.
  • Born Princess Sophia of the minor German principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, reared by an ambitious and self-centered mother, she was plucked out of near obscurity by the Russian czarina, Elizabeth, in 1744 as a bride for the heir to the Russian throne, Peter III. The Rise Of an Empress
  • A painful red stroke appeared on her chest as the sword grazed her skin.
  • Similarly, managers and directors appeared to share an equivalent value orientation to the fans and were more receptive to their opinions.
  • Some are unhappy at the possibility of a highly geared offer that could damage the value of their investments.
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