verb (v)

• perceive (sound) via the auditory sense(verb.perception)

  source: wordnet30
• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see
  

  source: wordnet30
• examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process(verb.social)

  Example:
  The jury had heard all the evidence.
  

  Synonym:
  try
  

  source: wordnet30
• receive a communication from someone(verb.perception)

  Example:
  We heard nothing from our son for five years.
  

  source: wordnet30
• listen and pay attention(verb.perception)

  Example:
  We must hear the expert before we make a decision.
  

  Synonym:
  listen, take heed
  

  source: wordnet30
• To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.(verb)

  source: webster1913