1. • noun - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
   • noun - good hearing
   • noun - the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
   • noun - attention to what is said
   • noun - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
2. • Anatomy.
   • The vertebrate organ of hearing, responsible for maintaining equilibrium as well as sensing sound and divided in mammals into the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.
   • The part of this organ that is externally visible.
   • An invertebrate organ analogous to the mammalian ear.
   • The sense of hearing: a sound that grates on the ear.
   • Sharpness or refinement of hearing: a singer with a good ear for harmony.
   • The ability to retain and reproduce a passage of music: plays the piano by ear.
   • Responsiveness to the sounds or forms of spoken language: a writer with a good ear for dialogue; has an ear for foreign languages.
   • Sympathetic or favorable attention: “[The President] wavers between the two positions, depending on who last had his ear” (Joseph C.
   • A flexible tuft of feathers located above the eyes of certain birds, such as owls, that functions in visual communication but not in hearing.
   • A projecting handle, as on a vase or pitcher.
   • Headphones.
   • The seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant, such as corn.
3. • v - to form the fruiting head of a cereal

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