dog-ear (redirected from dog-earing)

dog-ear (dôgîr, dg-)

n.

A turned-down corner of a page in a book.

tr.v. dog-eared, dog-ear·ing, dog-ears

1. To turn down the corner of (the page of a book).

2. To make worn or shabby from overuse.

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dog-eared adj.

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dog-ear

vb

1. (tr) to fold down the corner of (a page)

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to bookmark (a website)

n also dog's-ear

1. a folded-down corner of a page

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a bookmark

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dog-ear - a corner of a page turned down to mark your place page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains signal, signaling, sign - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"