Earn
Earn (ẽrn) , noun
Earn (ẽrn) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon earnian; akin to Old High German arnōn to reap, aran harvest, German ernte, Gothic asans harvest, asneis hireling, Anglo-Saxon esne; compare Icelandic onn 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).
The high repute
Which he through hazard huge must earn.
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.
I earn that [what] I eat.
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow.
Collocations (1)
Earned run (Baseball) , a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.
Earn (ẽrn) , verb, transitive and intransitive
[See 1st Yearn.]
To grieve. [Obsolete]
Earn , intransitive verb
[See 4th Yearn.]
To long; to yearn. [Obsolete]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
To prove his puissance in battle brave.
Earn , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon irnan to run. r11. See Rennet, and compare Yearnings.]
To curdle, as milk. [Provincial English]