transitive verb. To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work.

transitive verb. To acquire or deserve as a result of effort or action.

transitive verb. To yield as return or profit.

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

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 yearn.

Same as yearn.

To curdle, as milk.

noun. An eagle.

verb. To grieve.

intransitive verb. To curdle, as milk.

noun. See ern, n.

intransitive verb. To long; to yearn.

transitive 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).

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

transitive verb. a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.

verb. To curdle, as milk.

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

verb. To receive payment for work.

verb. To receive payment for work.

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

verb. To be worthy of.

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

verb. 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."

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erne  

Bern  Berne  Fern  Hearn  Herne  

Banks  andfree  capitol-shaped  fund-raising  long-run  

acquire  attain  bag  be deserving  be entitled to  

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earned  earning  earns