heard

alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of hear

alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd

1. not comparableThat has been perceived aurally.

   [T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English.

   2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10

alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd

1. colloquialI understand; gotcha.

plural heards

1. obsoleteObsolete form of herd.

   Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]

   1649, Edmund William Ashbee, Occasional Fac-simile Reprints of Rare English Tracts, page 112

plural Heards

1. A surname.