Balls - English meaning

noun

A small piece of glass, stone, or similar material that is threaded with others to make a necklace or rosary or sewn on to fabric.

Usage examples:

Long strings of beads

verb

Decorate or cover with beads.

Usage examples:

I beaded the jacket by hand

noun

A dance to pop music.

Usage examples:

Nightlife is good, whether you're looking for a drink or a bop in the disco

verb

Short for bebop.

noun

A quick blow or punch.

Usage examples:

A sudden harsh wind blowing off the moor, an inattentive owner — no worries there — and off she'd b…

verb

Move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.

Usage examples:

Their cheeks were pressed together as they danced

noun

A series of steps and movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music.

Usage examples:

Everyone was taking part in the dance

verb

Taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music

noun

A club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music.

Usage examples:

On friday evenings, he often attended a disco with school friends

verb

Attend or dance at a disco.

Usage examples:

She filled every hour of the day playing tennis, or discoing with friends

noun

A place where people dance to recorded music for entertainment

Usage examples:

Disco dancing

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb

Let fall to the ground

noun

A very small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

Droplets of water

noun

A very small drop of a liquid

noun

The earth.

Usage examples:

Goods from all over the globe

verb

Form (something) into a globe.

Usage examples:

There, in miniature, the world was globed like a fruit

noun

The world

Usage examples:

The olympic games will be seen around the globe.

noun

A small round particle of a substance; a drop.

Usage examples:

Globules of fat

noun

A small ball of something, especially a drop of liquid

Usage examples:

The disease is caused by globules of fat blocking the blood vessels.

noun

A social gathering at which lively folk dancing takes place.

Usage examples:

Then the couple were off to their ranch in bromley common for a hoedown to celebrate with 150 guest…

verb

(of a person) move by jumping on one foot.

Usage examples:

He hopped along beside her

noun

A hopping movement.

Usage examples:

Place the rabbit on the floor to have a hop around

verb

Flavour with hops.

Usage examples:

A strong dark beer, heavily hopped

noun

A false show or pretence.

Usage examples:

I doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long

verb

Pretend to be someone one is not.

Usage examples:

A journalist masquerading as a man in distress

noun

A party or dance in which people wear masks (= coverings for the face)

Usage examples:

There were dozens of masquerade balls, parades, street dances, and fancy dress parties., i’m afraid…

noun

A spherical object or shape.

Usage examples:

A pale orb of hazy reddish light

adjective

(of a solid or a three-dimensional surface) more or less egg-shaped.

Usage examples:

Three flowerpots rest on an ovoid surface, perhaps a ceramic tray or table top whose legs have vani…

noun

An ovoid body or surface.

Usage examples:

And the ovoids, too small to hold the molecules needed to carry out the chemical reactions of life,…

adjective

Having the same shape as an egg, or of a similar shape

Usage examples:

The egg is ovoid and yellowish, with a thick shell., the ovoid seed pods burst when ripe., a melon …

noun

A small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.

Usage examples:

An overdose of sleeping pills

verb

(of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface.

Usage examples:

Synthetics can pill but otherwise wear fairly well

noun

A paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.

Usage examples:

She took a shortcut along the prom

noun

A formal party held at the end of the school year for older students in high school

Usage examples:

Who are you taking to the senior/junior prom?

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

Usage examples:

There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

Usage examples:

Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

Usage examples:

Ionosphere

noun

A sphere-like but not perfectly spherical body.

Usage examples:

A remarkable feature of oligoamine-condensed dna is the ability to assume condition-defined morphol…

noun

A small sphere.

Usage examples:

The impact record would be preserved in spherules - microscopic glass beads formed when droplets of…