ball

From Wiktionary

ball is part of the Basic English 850.

[change] Pronunciation

• enPR: bôl
• IPA: /bɔːl/
• SAMPA: /bO:l/
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[change] Noun

Singular ball

Plural balls

1. A ball is a round thing. People often use them to play games.

A soccer ball

Many colored balls

[change] Verb

Plain form ball

Third-person singular balls

Past tense balled

Past participle balled

Present participle balling

1. (transitive) If you ball something up, you make it into a ball shape.