Meaning of INNING
| Pronunciation: | | 'ining
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| | Definition: | | [n] a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat |
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| | Synonyms: | | frame |
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| | See Also: | | bottom, bottom of the inning, period of play, play, playing period, top, top of the inning | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.]
1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland.
2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket,
baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side
at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of
a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out,
and the Democrats had their innings.
3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth.
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