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ballad

/ˈbæləd/ verb C2
  1. To compose or sing ballads. (intransitive)

He/she/it ballads · Past balladed · Past participle balladed · -ing form ballading

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Verb forms

Base form
ballad
He/she/it
ballads
Past
balladed
Past participle
balladed
-ing form
ballading

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Bertha Sampson and Pearl Clay of the White Sands Baptist choir had been asked to sing a duet; Milton Clark of Newbridge was to give a violin solo; Winnie Adella Blair of Carmody was to sing a Scotch ballad; and Laura Spencer of Spencervale and Anne Shirley of Avonlea were to recite.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 276 · C1

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