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Ball
bɔːl
- a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game
"a cricket ball"
- a spherical object or mass of material
"a ball of wool"
- a solid non-explosive missile for a firearm
- a game played with a ball
"he comes across a group of kids playing ball"
- baseball
"kids have been playing ball in that lot for almost a hundred years"
- (in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batter
"his half century came off only forty balls"
- (in soccer) a pass of the ball in a specified direction or manner
"Whelan sent a long ball to Goddard"
- (in baseball) a pitch delivered outside the strike zone which the batter does not attempt to hit
"he ignored it completely, and the umpire called it a ball"
- the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe
- the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb
- squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape
"Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate"
- clench (one's fist) tightly
"she balled her fist so that the nails dug into her palms"
- form a round shape
"the fishing nets eventually ball up and sink"
- wrap the root ball of (a tree or shrub) to protect it during transportation
- have sex with
- (of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud