From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bowl
n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for
holding food or liquids;
2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough]
3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful]
5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn:
stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium]
6: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
[syn: bowling ball, bowl]
7: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a
curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
8: a small round container that is open at the top for holding
tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl]
9: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn:
roll, bowl]
v 1: roll (a ball)
2: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the
batsman at the other end
3: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on
Friday nights"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowling.]
1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
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Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
--Shak.
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2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we
were bowled rapidly along the road.
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3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth,
And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak.
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To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker
by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel.
bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor.
Cf. Boll.]
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1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately
hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
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Brought them food in bowls of basswood.
--Longfellow.
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2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other
spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
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3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
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4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud.
Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.]
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1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a
level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side
heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when
rolled.
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2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with
biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
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Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to
attain the jack by delivering his bowl
straightforward upon it. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bowl \Bowl\, v. i.
1. To play with bowls.
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2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
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3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the
carriage bowled along.
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