HEARDS
Proper noun
Heards
plural of Heard
Anagrams
• Dahers, Dasher, Sheard, dasher, rashed, red ash, shader, shared, sheard
Source: Wiktionary
HEARD
Heard,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Hear.
HEAR
Hear (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heard; p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing.] Etym:
[OE. heren, AS,. hiéran, hran, hran; akin to OS. h, OFries. hera,
hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore,
Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]
1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the
ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the
tread of travelers. Shak.
He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.
2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept
the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial
court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be
heard to-morrow.
3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a
concert; to hear Mass.
4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the
king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3.
I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak.
5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer
favorably; to favor.
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1.
They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt.
vi. 7.
Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i.
– To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [Colloq.]
Shak.
– To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to
receive by rumor. [Colloq.]
Hear, v. i.
1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing
ear." Prov. xx. 12.
2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by
the ear; to attend; to listen.
So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered
not. Milton.
3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive
information by report or by letter.
I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak.
I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak.
To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]
Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for
his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland.
– To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]
Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially
in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to
the words of the speaker.
Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of
admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition