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| bowl [ bōl ] |
verb (past and past participle bowled, present participle bowl·ing, 3rd person present singular bowls) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb roll ball: in bowling or lawn bowling, to throw or roll a ball
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2. intransitive verb go bowling: to take part in a game of bowling
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3. transitive and intransitive verb send ball to person batting: in cricket, to send a ball, usually overarm, to a batsman or batswoman
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4. transitive verb score points in bowling: in bowling, to score a given number of points
  He bowled 250 last night.
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5. transitive and intransitive verb move quickly: to move or roll smoothly and quickly, or make something do this
He bowled down the highway on his motorcycle.
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noun (plural bowls) |
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1. wooden ball used in lawn bowling: a wooden ball used in the game of lawn bowling, which has slightly flattened sides in order to make it roll in a curve
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2. roll of ball: in bowling or lawn bowling, one roll of the ball
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3. revolving drum: a rotating cylinder or drum in a machine
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| [15th century. Via French boule< Latin bulla "bubble"] |
