eared
2
8.7
- adjective
- /ɪrd/
- Archaic
:
doblado
- We are all working from the same dog-eared script.
- dog-eared
- eared page
- eared copy
There's, there's many places that we, we could start, but I, I have your book right here and I've, I've dog eared certain things that, that I hope to get to.
- There's, there's many places that we, we could start, but I, I have your book right here and I've, I've dog eared certain things that, that I hope to get to.
- We are going to keep that book book eared for the future.
Examples
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"Three years," he says, finding his dog-eared service discharge.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ronald drops a dog-eared copy of that 1972 LIFE magazine with Brian on the cover on the table.
Fiction book (1991) -
But I still to this day carry with me dog eared copies of his books, of his essays.
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I carried those dog-eared pages for years.
Blog text (11) -
Also, some receipts and a dog-eared copy of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man."
Blog text (21) -
They are dog-eared and falling out, because I have pored over them, gripped and tormented.
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It was a dog-eared copy of Tom Paine's Common Sense, the pamphlet that had tipped the scales in the people's minds in favor of independence.
Fiction book (1994) -
He looked at his shelves full of books, books he never loaned out because he didn't want them to come back to him with broken spines or dog-eared pages.
Fiction book (2002) -
Nearby, an old woman is reading a dog-eared copy of Les Misérables, but the sunlight is beginning to fade, and she keeps glancing at him as though she wants to strike up a conversation.
Fiction book (1999) -
She gave me her favorite dog-eared book, its pages worn from years of reading.
Synonyms
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3.1
An object too old or damaged from heavy use to be useful
4
2.1
Damaged and showing signs of long use
4
4.4
A book or page with a corner folded down from use
1
4.8
Old clothing or fabric with small holes made by moths
Pages worn and dirty from being often turned by fingers
Worn and in bad condition from long use
An object that is damaged and has many marks from rough use
An object that has been used a lot and is now damaged or not useful
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A bat with very large ears that lives in western North America
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eared comes from ear, used for a folded corner that looks like a small 'ear'. So a book or page with turned-down, worn corners is called eared because those bent bits look like little ears.