These are the meanings of the letters EANR when you unscramble them.
- Earn (n.)
See Ern, n.
- Earn (v. i.)
To curdle, as milk.
- Earn (v. i.)
To long; to yearn.
- Earn (v. t.)
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.
- Earn (v. t.)
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).
- Earn (v. t. & i.)
To grieve.
- Near (a)
Close-fisted; parsimonious.
- Near (a)
Immediate; direct; close; short.
- Near (adv.)
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
- Near (adv.)
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
- Near (adv.)
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
- Near (adv.)
Closely connected or related.
- Near (adv.)
Closely; intimately.
- Near (adv.)
Nearly; almost; well-nigh.
- Near (adv.)
Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
- Near (adv.)
Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.
- Near (adv.)
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.
- Near (adv.)
To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
- Near (prep.)
Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.
- Near (v. i.)
To draw near; to approach.