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v. To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work: earned money by mowing lawns.

v. To acquire or deserve as a result of effort or action: She earned a reputation as a hard worker.

v. To yield as return or profit: a savings account that earns interest on deposited funds.

idiom. spurs To gain a position through hard work and the accumulation of experience, often in the face of difficulties.

verb-intransitive. Obsolete To yearn.

v. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

v. To receive payment for work.

v. To receive payment for work.

v. To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward

v. To be worthy of.

v. To curdle, as milk.

n. See ern, n.

v. 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).

v. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages

v. To grieve.

verb-intransitive. To long; to yearn.

verb-intransitive. To curdle, as milk.

To gain by labor, service, or performance; acquire; merit or deserve as compensation or reward for service, or as one's real or apparent desert; gain a right to or the possession of: as, to earn a dollar a day; to earn a fortune in trade; to earn the reputation of being stingy.

In base-ball, to gain or secure by batting or base-running, and not by the errors or bad play of opponents: as, one side scored 5, but had earned only 3 runs.

To glean.

To curdle, as milk.

n. An eagle.

To yearn.

Same as yearn.

v. acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

"After about a half-mile or so, the grade steepens considerably and the meaning of the phrase "earn one's turns" becomes clear."

earned    earning    earns   

bald earn   

ern   

erne   

obtain    grieve    long    yearn    gait    merit    deserve   

Bern    Berne    Fern    Hearn    Herne    Kern    Laverne    Stern    Sterne    Verne   

p    unearned    specific    capitol-shaped    reinvestment    recognitional    andfree    rate-sensitive    Banks    unmodified