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table
Noun
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A raised flat surface.
He sat at the table to eat.
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A list of information in rows and columns.
He looked at the data table.
table
Verb
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To propose in a meeting.
We will table a new motion.
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To end or postpone in a meeting.
I vote to table discussion.
tennis
Noun
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Tennis is a sport where players use a racquet to hit a ball over a net. It can be played by two or four people.
The four girls spent the afternoon playing tennis.
ball
Noun
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A ball is a round thing. People often use them to play games.
The croquet ball was hit through the wicket and the game was over.
A ball is hit with a racquet in tennis.
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A ball is a formal dance.
There is an inaugural ball following the swearing-in of the new President.
Cinderella lost her glass slipper at the Prince's ball.
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the testicles
John's balls ached because he hadn't had sex in two days.
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"guts", fortitude, moral strength
John didn't have the balls to quit his job, divorce his wife, and start a new life in Tahiti.
ball
Verb
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If you ball something up, you make it into a ball shape.
Ball the cookie dough, wrap it in paper, then freeze it.
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sexual intercourse.