Meaning of 'ball' (Webster Dictionary)
- Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a
ball of twine; a ball of snow.
- A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with,
as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
- A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked,
or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
- Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a
rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical
balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
- A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled
with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to
produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
- A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a
ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now
superseded by the roller.
- A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as,
the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
- A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to
horses; a bolus.
- The globe or earth.
- A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
- To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow
or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
- To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
Meaning of 'ball' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- an object with a spherical shape
Meaning (2):
- a compact mass
Example in sentence:- a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Meaning (3):
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
Example in sentence:- he played baseball in high school;
- play ball!;
- there was a baseball game on every empty lot;
- there was a desire for National League ball in the area
Meaning (4):
- a spherical object used as a plaything
Example in sentence:- he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub
Meaning (5):
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
Example in sentence:- he stood on the balls of his feet;
- the ball at the base of the thumb
Meaning (6):
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
Example in sentence:- he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him
Meaning (7):
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Example in sentence:- she kicked him in the balls and got away
Meaning (8):
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
Example in sentence:- the ball rolled into the corner pocket;
- the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve;
- the mayor threw out the first ball
Meaning (9):
- the people assembled at a lavish formal dance
Example in sentence:- the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded
Meaning (10):
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
Example in sentence:- they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball
Meaning (11):
- form into a ball by winding or rolling
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