inning
/ˈɪnɪŋ/
noun
- 1
A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
“It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.”
- 2
A similar period of play.
“We batted around in our half of the inning.”
- 3
A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- 4
A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
“We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.”
- 5
The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
- 6
Lands recovered from the sea.
verb
- 1
To house; to lodge.
- 2
To take lodging; to lodge.
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