(chiefly music, language learning) To play (an instrument) or sing or to learn music without reading or memorizing sheet music; to learn a language without instruction. / To do by guessing, to improvise.

plural of eare

In a state of conflict; fighting, scuffling.

Pronunciation spelling of hear.

plural of earing

plural of ear

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear

A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

(nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called head earing. / (nautical) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; also called reef earing.

(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. / (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.