different between eared vs weared

English

Etymology

ear +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?(?)?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Adjective

eared (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in combination) Having ears (of a specified type).
   • 1796, Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Church, London: H.D. Symonds, Psalm 126 verse 6, p. 81, [1]

     Tho' he despond that sows his grain, / To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring / from long captivity,

   • 1835, William Wordsworth, "On a High Part of the Coast of Cumberland," line 19-20, in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited by William Knight, Volume VII, London: Macmillan & Co., 1896, [2]

     Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice / In admonitions of thy softest voice!

   • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Perennial Classics, 2002, Part Two, Chapter 28, p. 305,

     Some of his rural clients would park their long-eared steeds under the chinaberry trees in the back yard, and Atticus would keep appointments on the back steps.

Derived terms

• cloth-eared
• eared owl
• eared seal

Translations

Verb

eared

1. simple past tense and past participle of ear

Anagrams

• Reade, adree, areed, deare

English

Verb

weared

1. simple past tense and past participle of wear (see usage notes)

Usage notes

In the standard language, this form is only found for sense 11 of wear (“to bring onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern”); in nonstandard speech, it may be found more widely.

Anagrams

• Wearde, drawee, wereda