Definition of ball

noun (n)

• round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  The ball travelled 90 mph on his serve.
  The mayor threw out the first ball.
  The ball rolled into the corner pocket.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a solid projectile that is shot by a musket (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: musket ball
  

  Example:
  They had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an object with a spherical shape (noun.shape)

  Synonym: globe, orb
  

  Example:
  A ball of fire.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the people assembled at a lavish formal dance (noun.group)

  Example:
  The ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded.
  

  source: wordnet30
• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens (noun.body)

  Synonym: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis
  

  Example:
  She kicked him in the balls and got away.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a spherical object used as a plaything (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He played with his rubber ball in the bathtub.
  

  source: wordnet30
• United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) (noun.person)

  Synonym: lucille ball
  

  source: wordnet30
• a compact mass (noun.group)

  Synonym: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump
  

  Example:
  A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a lavish dance requiring formal attire (noun.event)

  Synonym: formal
  

  source: wordnet30
• a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass (noun.body)

  Example:
  The ball at the base of the thumb.
  He stood on the balls of his feet.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the game of baseball (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• a pitch that is not in the strike zone (noun.act)

  Example:
  He threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him.
  

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• Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to pass over the home base at a height not greater than the batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• form into a ball by winding or rolling (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Ball wool.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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