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LEND AN EAR

Synonyms within Context: LEND AN EAR

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Attention

Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: LEND AN EAR

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well pull up an ice block and lend an ear. (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller)

Lyrics

I'll sit down and lend an ear (And The Tide Rushes In; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: LEND AN EAR

Expressions using "LEND AN EAR": lend an ear to to lend an ear. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: LEND AN EAR

Language Translations for "LEND AN EAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ia vë veshin. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чувам (hear, pick up, understand). (various references)

   

Czech

  

popřát sluchu. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kallistaa korvansa jollekin (lend an ear to). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

meghallgat valakit. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

耳'貸す (to lend an ear to, to listen to). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みみ'かす (to lend an ear to, to listen to). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endlay anay earay

   

Portuguese

  

prestar atenção (attend, listen, mind, pay attention). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

da ascultare la (give an ear to, lend an ear to), a-şi pleca urechea la (give ear to, lend an ear to). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

выслушать. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

saslušati (hear, interrogate, listen). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lyssna på (attend to, listen in to, listen to), låna sitt öra. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ฟัง (lend an ear to, listen, listen to). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kulak vermek (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, heed, lend one's ear, listen carefully, mind, pay attention, take heed of), dinlemek (attend, follow, hark, harken, hear, hearken, lend one's ear, listen, listen to, obey). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LEND AN EAR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r"

-1 letter: annealed, annealer.

-2 letters: adrenal, aneared, learned.

-3 letters: aneled, anneal, darnel, dealer, earned, endear, ennead, lander, lanner, leaden, leader, leaned, leaner, lender, neared, randan, relend.

-4 letters: aland, alane, alder, anear, anele, annal, areae, areal, arena, denar, eared, eland, elder, ender, laden, lader, laree, learn, naled, ranee, redan, renal.

-5 letters: alae, alan, alar, alee, anal, anna, area.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r"
 

+1 letter: adrenaline.

 

+2 letters: adrenalines, alexandrine, engarlanded, neanderthal.

 

+3 letters: alexandrines, neanderthals.

 

+4 letters: determinantal, nondegradable, noradrenaline.

 

+5 letters: nondegradables, noradrenalines, pardonableness, renationalized, transcendental, understandable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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