balled 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of ballednext
as in rounded

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balled

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verb

past tense of ball
as in rolled
to form into a round compact mass balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for balled
  1. rounded
  2. rolled
  3. bulbous
  4. roundish
  5. spherical
  6. globular
  7. rotund
  8. circular
Adjective
  • The rounded cap, with its short, stiff brim, is a more fashionable take on a beret — and a style that designers like Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana continue to reinvent in classic tweed or edgy lace and netting.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The long, rounded manicure pretty much looks exactly like her lips: a sheer pink with an impossibly glossy finish.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of rounded
Verb
  • Democrats pressing to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage have made some last-minute changes that add cost to the plan and could complicate its chances of being rolled into a year-end health deal.
    Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As the credits rolled, a spotlight illuminated Bing in a corner balcony of the theater with his trainer, drawing applause from the crowd.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of rolled
Adjective
  • Image The island is home to some of the most iconic, and unusual, mammals on earth, species like orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys with their bulbous noses.
    Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The second photograph contains a wet, bulbous, red lump held between two fingers and pierced by a needle guiding a black thread, possibly in reference to the stitching of the perineal tear after childbirth.
    Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of bulbous
Adjective
  • In the map created for the 2022 film, Gotham is three islands that are almost roundish, jagged circles connected by bridges, so the Tricorner Bridge is kind of like the Brooklyn Bridge, but not quite.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Eventually this network consolidates into roundish blobs, and two distinct phases arise—one enriched with LAT and the other with very little LAT but lots of other proteins.
    Trevor GrandPre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of roundish
Adjective
  • Venues may also offer opportunities to purchase limited-edition merchandise or have in-suite ice machines—or, in the case of the Vegas Golden Knights’ T-Mobile Arena, an entire ice room, churning out spherical cubes and clear ice for cocktails.
    Brett Knight, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The series of insights began in 1972, when Hawking showed (opens a new tab) that a black hole’s size — specifically its spherical surface area — always increases in proportion to the mass of whatever falls into it.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of spherical
Adjective
  • How to Propagate Red Buckeye Tree In late summer to early fall, red buckeye trees produce globular light brown seed capsules 1 to 2 inches in diameter.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly, a cameo in Bee Movie was enough to fill Sting’s lifetime allotment of a globular and otherworldly realm.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of globular
Adjective
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the wise wives of Windsor in one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
Definition of rotund
Adjective
  • Guests are greeted by a circular driveway with a fountain at the center.
    Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Roughly halfway between Hawai’i and American Samoa, Palmyra Atoll forms a circular chain of about 26 small islets surrounded by multiple lagoons and bordered by 15,000 acres of shallow and deeper reefs.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of circular
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