"ballize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ballizes [present, singular, third-person], ballizing [participle, present], ballized [participle, past], ballized [past]
Etymology: ball + -ize Etymology templates: {{suf|en|ball|ize}} ball + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} ballize (third-person singular simple present ballizes, present participle ballizing, simple past and past participle ballized)
  1. (transitive) To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ballize-en-verb-yGqIdAvX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 75 25
  2. (intransitive) To undergo such a process. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ballize-en-verb-cdEkRXGh

Inflected forms

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