earn

9 definitions found

earn - 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 \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 \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 \Earn\ ([~e]rn), n. (Zo["o]l.)
     See Ern, n. --Sir W. Scott.
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  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, earn,
           realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
      2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn,
         garner]

earn - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  EARN
  
     <networking> European Academic and Research Network
     .
  
     (1995-11-15)
  

earn - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  EARN
         European Academic Research Network (network)
         

earn - 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