The meaning of Globule

noun

A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.

Usage examples:

A cricket ball

verb

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman.

Usage examples:

His half century came off only forty balls

noun

A formal social gathering for dancing.

Usage examples:

Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball

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 drop of a thick liquid or viscous substance.

Usage examples:

Blobs of paint

verb

Put small drops of thick liquid or spots of colour on.

Usage examples:

Her nose was blobbed with paint

noun

A collection of data in binary form, typically a multimedia item, stored as a single entity in a database management system.

noun

A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.

Usage examples:

We'd shake up a piece of soap in a tin of warm water and blow bubbles

verb

(of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.

Usage examples:

A pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove

noun

A ball of air in a liquid or on its surface, or in the air

Usage examples:

When water begins to boil, small bubbles form around the edge of the pot., the water in the pot beg…

noun

A drop of dew.

Usage examples:

‘she must run into the fields and collect the dewdrops for us,’ said the adviser.

noun

A drop of dew

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

A lump of a semi-liquid substance.

Usage examples:

Thick globs of mozzarella cheese

noun

A minute portion of matter.

Usage examples:

Tiny particles of dust

noun

An extremely small piece of something

Usage examples:

Dust particles

noun

A word or a part of a word that has a grammatical purpose but often has little or no meaning

Usage examples:

In the sentence "i tidied up the room", the adverb "up" is a particle.

noun

A hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.

Usage examples:

A linen garment decorated with pearls

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

noun

Another term for picot.

noun

A pellet or solid globule of a substance formed by the congealing of a liquid during an industrial process.

Usage examples:

The consistency of fertilizer prills has a major effect on nitrogen application

verb

Pull (something) apart or to pieces with force.

Usage examples:

I tore up the letter

noun

A hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.

Usage examples:

There was a tear in her dress

verb

(of the eye) produce tears.

Usage examples:

The freezing wind made her eyes tear