<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.</li><li>the external ear alone: The hat completely covers his ears.</li><li>the sense of hearing: sounds that are pleasing to the ear.</li><li>keen or sensitive perception of the differences of sound, especially sensitiveness to the quality and correctness of musical sounds: an ear for music; a violinist with a good ear.</li><li>attention; heed: to gain a person's ear.</li><li>any part that resembles or suggests an ear in position or form, as the handle of a teacup.</li><li>Architecture: crossette.</li><li>Journalism: a small box in either upper corner of a newspaper page, usually the front page or split page, containing the name of or a symbol for the edition, a weather bulletin, a slogan, or the like.</li><li>Furniture: a decorative feature at the upper end of a leg.</li><li>one of the decorative features at each end of a crest rail.</li><li>ears, Slang: earphones.</li><li>ear tuft.</li></ul>