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inning
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun inning has 1 sense
- inning(n = noun.time) frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat; Array is a kind of division, part, section
has parts: top, top of the inning, bottom, bottom of the inning
is a part of period of play, play, playing period
CIDE DICTIONARY
inning, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.].
- Ingathering; harvesting. Holland. [1913 Webster]
- The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; -- often in the
pl. [1913 Webster] - Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
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