| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  îr |
| NOUN: | The seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant, such as corn. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: eared, ear·ing, ears
To form or grow ears. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ere, from Old English  ar. See ak- in Appendix I.
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