Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.

(transitive, informal) To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.

(England, law) A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.

(archaic) Listen to me; used to introduce a public announcement.

(US Navy) An instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.

(idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, thing.

(historical) A trumpet-shaped acoustic device formerly used as a hearing aid.

(law) A court case used to determine if a person must stand trial.

(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) To cease to be told about, or nagged because of, something.

a judicial hearing which anyone may attend, as opposed to a private hearing.