Define the word earn"Earn" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.]
To grieve. [Obs.]
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"Earn" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Earn \Earn\, v. i. [See 4th Yearn.]
To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
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And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
To prove his puissance in battle brave. --Spenser.
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"Earn" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Earn \Earn\, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. [root]11. See Rennet,
and cf. Yearnings.]
To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
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"Earn" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Ern, n. --Sir W. Scott.
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"Earn" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Earn \Earn\ ([~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned ([~e]rnd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[=o]n
to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis
hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. ["o]nn working season, work.]
1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that
which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is
received or not).
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The high repute
Which he through hazard huge must earn. --Milton.
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2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve
and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good
living; to earn honors or laurels.
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I earn that [what] I eat. --Shak.
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The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or
the sweat of my brow. --Burke.
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Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the
assistance of errors on the opposing side.
Syn: See Obtain.
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"earn" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
earn
v 1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your
new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this
merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each
month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, realize,
realise, pull in, bring in]
2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: garner]
"earn" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "earn":
acquire, attain, bag, be deserving, be entitled to, be paid,
be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, be worthy of, bring in,
capture, catch, clear, collect, come by, come in for, come into,
contract, corral, derive, deserve, drag down, draw, draw down,
draw wages, effect, enter into possession, gain, get,
get an income, gross, harvest, knock down, make, merit, net,
obtain, pocket, procure, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive,
sack, score, secure, take, warrant, win, work for wages
"earn" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"
EARN
European Academic Research Network (network)
"earn" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
EARN
European Academic and Research Network.
(1995-11-15)
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