different between eased vs eared

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?zd/

Verb

eased

1. past participle of ease

Anagrams

• Saeed, aëdes

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