That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow See Illust of Bell, The vertebrate organ of hearing, responsible for maintaining equilibrium as well as sensing sound and divided in mammals into the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear, The sense of hearing, intransitive verb_ To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain, transitive verb_ To plow or till; to cultivate, Sportive To take in with the ears; to hear