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English noun: ball | |||
| 1. | ball (artifact) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | ||
| Samples | The ball travelled 90 mph on his serve. The mayor threw out the first ball. The ball rolled into the corner pocket. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | game equipment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baseball, basketball, billiard ball, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bowl, bowl, bowling ball, cricket ball, croquet ball, field hockey ball, football, golf ball, handball, jack, lacrosse ball, marble, medicine ball, ninepin ball, ping-pong ball, playground ball, polo ball, pool ball, punch bag, punchball, punching bag, punching ball, racquetball, roulette ball, rugby ball, skittle ball, soccer ball, softball, squash ball, tennis ball, volleyball, Wiffle, Wiffle Ball | ||
| 2. | ball (artifact) a solid projectile that is shot by a musket | ||
| Samples | They had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball. | ||
| Synonyms | musket ball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pellet, shot | ||
| 3. | ball (shape) an object with a spherical shape | ||
| Samples | A ball of fire. | ||
| Synonyms | globe, orb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sphere | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bolus, camphor ball, crystal ball, fireball, fireball, globule, mothball, pellet, spherule, time-ball | ||
| 4. | ball (group) the people assembled at a lavish formal dance | ||
| Samples | The ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dance | ||
| Part holonym | promenade | ||
| 5. | ball (body) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | ||
| Samples | She kicked him in the balls and got away. | ||
| Synonyms | ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gonad, male reproductive gland, sex gland | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cobblers, undescended testicle, undescended testis | ||
| Part holonym | arteria testicularis, ductus deferens, epididymis, internal spermatic artery, rete testis, seminiferous tubule, spermatic cord, testicular artery, testicular vein, vas deferens, vena testicularis | ||
| Part meronym | family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals, male reproductive system | ||
| 6. | ball (artifact) a spherical object used as a plaything | ||
| Samples | He played with his rubber ball in the bathtub. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plaything, toy | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beach ball, beachball, snowball | ||
| 7. | Ball (person) United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) | ||
| Synonyms | Lucille Ball | ||
| Instance hypernym | actress, comedienne | ||
| 8. | ball (group) a compact mass | ||
| Samples | A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder. | ||
| Synonyms | chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agglomeration | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clew, clot, coagulum, gob | ||
| 9. | ball (event) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | ||
| Synonyms | formal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cotilion, cotillion, fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade ball, prom, promenade | ||
| 10. | ball (body) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass | ||
| Samples | The ball at the base of the thumb. He stood on the balls of his feet. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | ||
| Part meronym | hand, manus, mitt, paw, sole | ||
| 11. | ball (act) the game of baseball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | baseball, baseball game | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | daisy cutter | ||
| 12. | ball (act) a pitch that is not in the strike zone | ||
| Samples | He threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delivery, pitch | ||
English verb: ball | |||
| 1. | ball (contact) form into a ball by winding or rolling | ||
| Samples | Ball wool. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | roll, twine, wind, wrap | ||
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