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dog-ear
(redirected from dog-earing)

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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.

dog-eared adj.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"


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Students can also highlight text or bookmark pages — the digital equivalent of dog-earing — then look at those excerpts and links on separate screens.
There's no need to worry about losing your place, and dog-earing the page is, of course, history - when you switch on an ebook it automatically takes you to the last page you read.
and then spilling coffee on it and dog-earing the pages so frequently that it looks like a small accordion—you’ll meet the fans of
 
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