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Word: Ball
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (first recorded in place names and surnames, in the sense ‘a rounded hill’): related to Middle Dutch and Dutch bal, Old High German bal, German Ball, Old Norse bǫllr, also related to Latin follis ‘bellows’ and Greek phallos (see phallus)
bɔːl
a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game
Short Definition:round or ovoid object used in games
Examples:- a cricket ball
(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batter
Short Definition:delivery of ball to batsman
Examples:- his half century came off only forty balls
the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
Short Definition:rounded part of foot at base of big toe
Word: Ball
Speech Type: Verb
bɔːl
squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape
Short Definition:form something into ball
Examples:- Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate
have sex with.
Short Definition:have sex with someone
(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.
Short Definition:(of flower) fail to open properly
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