Definition of listen

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Listen (v. i.) To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.

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Hear :: Hear (v. t.) 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..
Audition :: Audition (n.) The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
Listened :: Listened (imp. & p. p.) of Liste.
Ice Plant :: Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass..
Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to..
Eavesdropping :: Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law..
Sheen :: Sheen (v. i.) To shine; to glisten.
Knebelite :: Knebelite (n.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese..
Glisten :: Glisten (v. i.) To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars..
Listening :: Listening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liste.
Lithe :: Lithe (v. i. & i.) To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
Eavesdropper :: Eavesdropper (n.) One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Starch :: Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc..
List :: List (v. t.) To listen or hearken to.
Eavesdrop :: Eavesdrop (v. i.) To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private..
Hearing :: Hearing (n.) A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues..
Glistened :: Glistened (imp. & p. p.) of Gliste.
Glister :: Glister (v. i.) To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.
Hark :: Hark (v. i.) To listen; to hearken.
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