Dictionary Entry
earn
earn is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Ern, n. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
See Ern.
- 2transitive verb
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).
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4transitive/intransitive verb
To grieve.
- 5intransitive verb
To long; to yearn.
- 6intransitive verb
To curdle, as milk.
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
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