- a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
- the contents of a bowl: a bowl of tomato soup.
- a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe.
- a large drinking cup.
- festive drinking; conviviality.
- any bowl-shaped depression or formation.
- an edifice with tiers of seats forming sides like those of a bowl, having the arena at the bottom; stadium.
- a football game played after the regular season by teams selected by the sponsors of the game, usually as representing the best from a region of the country: the Rose Bowl.
- a curved or semicircular line of a character, as of a, d, b, etc.
- to give (a floor) a gentle inclination on all sides toward some area, as a stage or platform.
- one of the balls, having little or no bias, used in playing ninepins or tenpins.
- one of the biased or weighted balls used in lawn bowling.
- lawn bowling.
- a delivery of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling.
- (formerly) a rotating cylindrical part in a machine, as one to reduce friction.
- to play at bowling or bowls; participate in or have a game or games of bowling.
- to roll a bowl or ball.
- to move along smoothly and rapidly.
- to deliver the ball to be played by the batsman.
- to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop.
- to attain by bowling: He bowls a good game.She usually bowls a 120 game, but today she bowled 180.
- to knock or strike, as by the ball in bowling (usually followed by over or down).
- to carry or convey, as in a wheeled vehicle.
- to eliminate (a batsman) by bowling (usually followed by out): He was bowled for a duck.He was bowled out for a duck.
- to surprise greatly: We were bowled over by the news.
- a round container open at the top, used for holding liquid, keeping fruit, serving food, etc
- the amount a bowl will hold
- the rounded or hollow part of an object, esp of a spoon or tobacco pipe
- any container shaped like a bowl, such as a sink or lavatory
- a bowl-shaped building or other structure, such as a football stadium or amphitheatre
- a bowl-shaped depression of the land surface
- literary
- a drinking cup
- intoxicating drink
- a wooden ball used in the game of bowls, having flattened sides, one side usually being flatter than the other in order to make it run on a curved course
- a large heavy ball with holes for gripping with the fingers and thumb, used in tenpin bowling
- to roll smoothly or cause to roll smoothly, esp by throwing underarm along the ground
- to move easily and rapidly, as in a car
- cricket
- to send (a ball) down the pitch from one's hand towards the batsman, keeping the arm straight while doing so
- to dismiss (a batsman) by delivering a ball that breaks his wicket
- to play bowls or tenpin bowling
- (in tenpin bowling) to score (a specified amount)
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