Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds.

If you have an ear for music or language, you are able to hear its sounds accurately and to interpret them or reproduce them well.

Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying.

The ears of a cereal plant such as wheat or barley are the parts at the top of the stem, which contain the seeds or grains.

If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen

If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.

If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment.

If a request falls on deaf ears or if the person to whom the request is made turns a deaf ear to it, they take no notice of it.

If you keep or have your ear to the ground, you make sure that you find out about the things that people are doing or saying.

If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.

If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.

If you say that something goes in one ear and out the other, you mean that someone pays no attention to it, or forgets about it immediately.

If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be forced to leave a job, an organization or a place suddenly.

If you play by ear or play a piece of music by ear, you play music by relying on your memory rather than by reading printed music.

If you play it by ear, you decide what to say or do in a situation by responding to events rather than by following a plan which you have decided on in advance.

If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.