III. WORDS RELATING TO MATTER
III. ORGANIC MATTER
2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; perception of sound
[Sense of sound] Hearing.
[Antonyms: deafness.]
[Nouns] hearing; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility.
acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear; ear for music.
ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus; eardrum, tympanum; ear trumpet, speaking trumpet; telephone, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone.
hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper.
auditory, audience.
[Verbs] hear, overhear; hark, harken; list, listen; give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear; catch a sound, prick up one's ears; give ear, give a hearing, give audience to.
hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears.
become audible; meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear; be heard; ring in the ear (resound).
[Adjectives] hearing; auditory, auricular, acoustic; phonic.
[Interjections] hark, hark ye! hear! list, listen! O yes! Oyez!
