ball (original) (raw)

ball noun (ROUND OBJECT)

throw a ball He could have thrown the ball to first baseman.

play a ball He had nobody to play the ball to in the box.

a ball rolls

a ball bounces

into a ball The kitten curled itself into a ball (= the shape of a ball).

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ball of string

ball of yarn US

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[ C ] US (also Christmas ball); (UK bauble)

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• She kicked the ball so powerfully that it flew over the hedge.
• He rolled the clay into a ball in his hands.
• My golf was terrible today - I just didn't strike the ball well.
• The ball bounced off the post and into the net.
• He wound the string into a ball.

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ball noun (KICK/THROW OF BALL)

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ball noun (BALL GAME)

ball noun (DANCE)

Did you go to the Summer Ball last year?

ball noun (BODY)

Idioms

ball verb [T] (MAKE ROUND)

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ball verb [T] (HAVE SEX)

US slang

(of a man) to have sex with someone

Phrasal verbs

(Definition of ball from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)