balling
Aggregation into clumps or ballsAggregation into clumps or balls;
Meaning
14 senses(countable, uncountable)Aggregation into clumps or balls;
(countable, uncountable)The act of winding into a ball.
(countable, uncountable)The act of curling up.
(countable, uncountable)The act of wrapping something up.
(countable, uncountable)The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
(countable, uncountable)The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
(countable, uncountable)The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
(countable, uncountable)The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
(countable, uncountable)An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
(countable, uncountable)The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
(countable, uncountable)The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
Origin
By surface analysis, ball + -ing.By surface analysis, ball + -ing.
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Forms
plural: ballingsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable