Gained as a result of effort or action; -- used especially of income Contrasted with unearned, (Baseball) not resulting from an error by an opposing team; -- used in the phrase earned runs, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of earn

That which is earned; that which is gained or merited by labor, service, or performance; reward; wages; compensation_ used chiefly in the plural, That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural, verb_ Present participle of earn

Salary or wages, Business profits, Gains from investments, noun_ wages, money earned, income, the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses), something that remunerates

Plural form of ear, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear

To cover or heap (plants) with soil for protection, To burrow or hide in the ground Used of a hunted animal, To chase (an animal) into an underground hiding place, transitive verb_ To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up, To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den, noun_ The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land, Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life, A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta

A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power, a disturbance that is extremely disruptive, adjective _Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling

The condition of being comfortable or relieved, Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation, Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness, intransitive verb_ To free from pain, worry, or agitation, To lessen the discomfort or pain of, To alleviate; assuage

comparative form of easy_ more easy

In an easy manner; with ease, indicating high probability; in all likelihood, without question,

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River, the countries of Asia, One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90ø, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox, adjective_ Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward, Of or pertaining to the east; eastern, adverb_ towards the east; eastwards, to, toward, or in the east,