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Noun ball has 12 senses

ball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket"
--₁ is a kind of game equipment
--₁ has particulars:

musket ball, ball - a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
--₂ is a kind of shot, pellet
ball, globe, orb - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
--₃ is a kind of sphere
--₃ has particulars:
crystal ball; mothball, camphor ball; time-ball; fireball; fireball; globule; spherule; pellet; bolus
ball - the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"
--₄ is a kind of dance
--₄ has part: promenade
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
--₅ is a kind of male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland
--₅ is a part of
male reproductive system; male genitalia, male genitals, male genital organ, family jewels
--₅ has parts:
testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord
--₅ has particulars: cobblers; undescended testis, undescended testicle
ball - a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"
--₆ is a kind of plaything, toy
--₆ has particulars: beach ball; snowball
Ball, Lucille Ball - United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
--₇ is a kind of actress; comedienne
ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
--₈ is a kind of agglomeration
--₈ has particulars: clot, coagulum; gob; clew
ball - a lavish formal dance
--₉ is a kind of dance
--₉ has particulars:
cotillion, cotilion; masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball; promenade, prom
ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
--₁₀ is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--₁₀ is a part of sole; hand, manus, mitt, paw
Derived form: verb ball₁

baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
--₁₁ is a kind of ball game, ballgame
--₁₁ has particulars:

ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
--₁₂ is a kind of pitch, delivery

Verb ball has 1 sense

ball - form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool"
--₁ is one way to wind, wrap, roll, twine

Derived form: noun ball₁₀
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something