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7.3
To make something round like a ball
  • verb
  • /ɡloʊb/
translation icon : dar forma de esfera a
  • To prepare the dessert, she will globe the ice cream with a warm chocolate sauce.

I got, I mean, she snow globed me, dude.

Examples

  • I got, I mean, she snow globed me, dude.

  • Globe as it was in 1994 to globe as it is in 2011.

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  • I don't want to eat this bread and spread globe really globe.

  • Then founded then can globe like things to like the rest to several place disbarted and between spun out the air.

  • The artist decided to globe the clay into a perfect sphere for her sculpture.

  • He carefully globed the dough into a ball before placing it on the baking tray.

Synonyms

to round
vsto globe
76 2.1

Make something have a curved shape

focuses on adding a full enclosing shell rather than mere circular change
to orb
vsto globe
  • Archaic
28 8.3

To move in a circle or become a round shape

emphasises creating an enclosing shell rather than motion
to conglobe
vsto globe
  • Archaic
9.9

To form into a round ball

creates a shell that covers an object rather than gathering material
to orbed
vsto globe
  • Archaic
9.6

To make something round like a ball

focuses on making or adding a full enclosing shell rather than only shaping
to sphere
vsto globe
7.6

To make something round like a ball

also covers making a shell that surrounds items rather than only shaping
to englobe
vsto globe
8.4

Completely surround something, often in a round shape like a ball

is more about changing an object into a ball than simply enclosing it

Phrasal Verbs

To travel around the world to see new places for fun

Compounds

celestial globe
  • Specialized
8.1

A round model of the sky showing stars and constellations

A tropical plant with round bright flowers that keep their color when dried

A large plant with a round, spiky flower head eaten as a vegetable

A plant with round yellow flowers

9.3

A North American plant with small round flowers often grown in gardens

9.8

A low rough plant with pink or red flowers that grows in dry areas

A round sweet pepper with thick walls often used for stuffing or roasting

A plant with prickly leaves and round blue flower heads

A wild flower with deep pink or purple egg-shaped blooms on bending stems

A plant with branching clusters of white, egg-shaped flowers

yellow globe lily
  • Specialized
9.9

A small flower plant from northern California with bright yellow egg-shaped blooms in open clusters

How Rounded

to globe
7.3
to round
76 2.1
to curve
22 2.8
to bend
268 1.0

Surface Forms

globe infinitive
globed past
globed past participle
globbing present participle
globes third person singular

Etymology

Globed comes from the Latin globus, meaning 'round mass' or 'ball'. So to globe something is to make it round or to cover it with a round object.