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bowl
hemispherical vessel; a large wooden ball; a roll of the ball, as in bowling
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bowl 1
(bōl)n.
1.
a. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
b. The contents of such a vessel.
2. A drinking goblet.
3. A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.
4.
a. A bowl-shaped topographic depression.
b. A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.
5. Football Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.
bowl 2
(bōl)n.
1. A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.
2. A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.
3. bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.
4. A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.
v. bowled, bowl·ing, bowls
v.intr.
1.
a. To participate in a game of bowling: I bowl every Thursday night in a league.
b. To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling: It's your turn to bowl.
c. To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.
2. To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling: The sportscar bowled along through the countryside.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To throw or roll (a ball).
2.
a. To make (a specified score) in bowling: placed first by bowling 237; bowled a strike in the first frame.
b. To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling: She bowled eight frames before deciding to use a different ball.
3. To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling: bowled a tire from the garage.
4. To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object: The swimmer was bowled over by the wave.
bowl out
To retire (a batsman in cricket) with a bowled ball that knocks the bails off the wicket.
bowl over
1. To take by surprise.
2. To make a powerful impression on; overwhelm.
[Middle English boule, from Old French, from Latin bulla, round object.]
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bowl
(bəʊl)n
1. a round container open at the top, used for holding liquid, keeping fruit, serving food, etc
2. Also: bowlful the amount a bowl will hold
3. the rounded or hollow part of an object, esp of a spoon or tobacco pipe
4. (Building) any container shaped like a bowl, such as a sink or lavatory
5. (Architecture) chiefly US a bowl-shaped building or other structure, such as a football stadium or amphitheatre
6. (Physical Geography) a bowl-shaped depression of the land surface. See also dust bowl
7. literary
a. a drinking cup
b. intoxicating drink
[Old English bolla; related to Old Norse bolli, Old Saxon bollo]
bowl
(bəʊl)n
1. (Bowls & Bowling) 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
2. (Bowls & Bowling) a large heavy ball with holes for gripping with the fingers and thumb, used in tenpin bowling
vb
3. to roll smoothly or cause to roll smoothly, esp by throwing underarm along the ground
4. (usually foll by: along) to move easily and rapidly, as in a car
5. (Cricket) cricket
a. to send (a ball) down the pitch from one's hand towards the batsman, keeping the arm straight while doing so
b. Also: bowl out to dismiss (a batsman) by delivering a ball that breaks his wicket
6. (Bowls & Bowling) (intr) to play bowls or tenpin bowling
7. (Bowls & Bowling) (tr) (in tenpin bowling) to score (a specified amount): he bowled 120.
[C15: from French boule, ultimately from Latin bulla bubble]
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bowl1
(boʊl)n.
1. a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
2. the contents of a bowl.
3. a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe.
4. a large drinking cup.
5. any bowl-shaped depression or formation.
6. amphitheater; stadium.
7. Also called bowl′ game`. an invitational postseason football game between two superior teams or for all-stars.
[before 950; Middle English bolle, Old English bolla; c. Old Norse bolli. See boll]
bowl′like`, adj.
bowl2
(boʊl)n.
1. one of the biased or weighted balls used in lawn bowling.
2. bowls, (used with a sing. v.) sc lawn bowling.
3. a delivery of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling.
v.i. 4. to play at bowling or lawn bowling.
5. to move along smoothly and rapidly.
6. Cricket. to deliver the ball to be played by the batsman.
v.t. 7. to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop.
8. to attain by bowling: She bowls a good game.
9. to knock or strike, as by the ball in bowling.
10. bowl over, to surprise greatly.
[1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule < Middle French < Latin bulla bubble, knob; compare boil1, bola]
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bowl
Past participle: bowled
Gerund: bowling
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| Noun | 1. |  bowl - a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;jorum - a large drinking bowl mazer - a large hardwood drinking bowl toilet bowl - the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) |
| 2. |  bowl - a concave shape with an open top | |
| 3. | bowl - a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods cereal bowl - a bowl for holding breakfast cereal dish - a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present" finger bowl - small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table mixing bowl - bowl used with an electric mixer porringer - a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); "the child was eating pottage from a porringer" punch bowl - a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle salad bowl - a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad slop basin, slop bowl - a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table soup bowl - a bowl for serving soup | |
| 4. |  bowl - the quantity contained in a bowl containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 5. |  bowl - a large structure for open-air sports or entertainmentscoliseum, amphitheater, amphitheatre - an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held ballpark, park - a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" bullring - a stadium where bullfights take place circus - (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games field house - an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport football stadium - a stadium where football games are held hippodrome - a stadium for horse shows or horse races skybox - an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium stand - tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people" structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" tiered seat - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front athletic field, playing area, playing field, field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" | |
| 6. |  bowl - a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowlingball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" bowling equipment - equipment used in bowling finger hole - a hole for inserting a finger thumbhole - a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | |
| 7. | bowl - a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling bowls, lawn bowling - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack ball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" | |
| 8. |  bowl - a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobaccocontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco | |
| 9. | bowl - the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) bowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling | |
| Verb | 1. | bowl - roll (a ball) bowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc |
| 2. | bowl - hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | |
| 3. | bowl - engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights" play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" skittle - play skittles |
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bowl
1noun
1. basin, plate, dish, vessel, container, mixing bowl, receptacle Put all the ingredients into a large bowl.
bowl
2verb
bowl someone over
1. knock down, fell, floor, deck (slang), overturn, overthrow, bring down People clung to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.
2. (Informal) surprise, amaze, stun, overwhelm, astonish, stagger, startle, astound, take (someone) aback, stupefy, strike (someone) dumb, throw off balance, sweep off your feet, dumbfound I was bowled over by India.
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Translations
تَجْويفزبديةسلطانيةطاسَه، قَصْعَهكُرةٌ خَشَبِيَّه
mísamiskanáběrkanadhazovatvyřadit ze hry
skålskebladbocciakastepibehoved
kausspotipea
kulhokuppimaljavati
zdjela
táltálka
kasta í krikketkeila, leika keilukeiluspilskúlapípuhaus; spónblaîskál
ボウルボール丼鉢
그릇사발
dubenėlisdubuo
bļodabumbagalviņakoka bumbaspēlēt bumbu ripināšanu
misamiska
guľahrať bowlslyžica na naberačkenadhadzovať
posodaskleda
skål
ชามถ้วย
chén
bowl
1 [bəʊl] N1. (= large cup) → tazón m, cuenco m; (= dish) (for soup) → plato m sopero; (for washing up) → palangana f, barreño m; (for salad) → fuente f, ensaladera f
life isn't a bowl of cherries for her right now → actualmente su vida no es un camino de rosas or no es de color de rosa
life isn't a bowl of cherries for her right now → actualmente su vida no es un camino de rosas or no es de color de rosa
2. (= amount) → plato m
3. (= hollow) [of lavatory] → taza f; [of spoon] → cuenco m; [of pipe] → cazoleta f; [of fountain] → tazón m
4. (US) (= stadium) → estadio m
5. (Geog) → cuenca f
bowl
2 [bəʊl]A. N
C. VI
1. (Cricket) → lanzar
3. we were bowling down Knightsbridge (on foot) → caminábamos por Knightsbridge a toda prisa; (in vehicle) → íbamos por Knightsbridge a toda velocidad
bowl along VI + ADV (on foot) → caminar a toda prisa; (in vehicle) → ir a toda velocidad
bowl over VT + ADV
2. (fig) → desconcertar, dejar atónito
we were quite bowled over by the news → la noticia nos desconcertó or sorprendió bastante
she bowled him over → ella lo dejó patidifuso
we were quite bowled over by the news → la noticia nos desconcertó or sorprendió bastante
she bowled him over → ella lo dejó patidifuso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bowl
[ˈbəʊl] n
(for eating) → bol m
(for washing up) → cuvette f
[toilet] → cuvette f
(= ball) → boule f
[pipe] → fourneau m
vi
(CRICKET) → lancer (la balle)
bowl out
vt (CRICKET) [+ batsman] → éliminer par lancer direct
to be bowled out → être éliminé par un lancer direct
to be bowled out → être éliminé par un lancer direct
bowl over
vt (= knock down) → renverser
to be bowled over by sth (= captivated) → être émerveillé(e) par qchbow-legged [ˌbəʊˈlɛgd ˌbəʊˈlɛgɪd] adj
to be bow-legged → avoir les jambes arquées
to be bow-legged → avoir les jambes arquées
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bowl
1n
→ Schüssel f; (smaller, shallow also, fingerbowl) → Schale f; (for sugar etc) → Schälchen nt; (for animals, prisoners also) → Napf m; (= punch bowl) → Bowle f; (= washbowl also) → Becken nt; a bowl of milk → eine Schale/ein Napf Milch
(of pipe) → Kopf m; (of spoon) → Schöpfteil m; (of lavatory) → Becken nt; (of lamp) → Schale f; (of wineglass) → Kelch m
(Geog) → Becken nt
(US: = stadium) → Stadion nt
bowl
2vi
(Cricket) → werfen
(= travel: car, cycle etc) → brausen (inf); he came bowling down the street → er kam auf der Straße angerauscht (inf)
vt
(Cricket) ball → werfen; batsman → ausschlagen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bowl
1 [bəʊl] na. (for soup) → scodella; (for cereal, fruit) → coppetta; (mixing bowl) → terrina; (for salad) → insalatiera; (for washing up) → bacinella, catino
bowl of cornflakes → ciotola di cornflakes
bowl of soup → piatto di minestra
bowl of cornflakes → ciotola di cornflakes
bowl of soup → piatto di minestra
c. (Am) (stadium) → stadio
bowl over vt + adv → rovesciare (a terra) (fig) → lasciare strabiliato/a
bowl
2 [bəʊl]1. vt (ball) → lanciare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bowl1
(bəul) noun a wooden ball rolled along the ground in playing bowls. See also bowls below .
verb1. to play bowls.
2. to deliver or send (a ball) towards the batsman in cricket.
3. to put (a batsman) out by hitting the wicket with the ball. Smith was bowled for eighty-five (= Smith was put out after making eighty-five runs).
ˈbowler nounˈbowling noun
(see also ninepins) the game of skittles, bowls or something similar.
bowls noun singular a game played on a smooth green with bowls having a bias. a game of bowls.
ˈbowling-alley noun1. a long narrow set of wooden boards along which one bowls at skittles.
2. a building which contains several of these.
ˈbowling-green noun a smooth piece of grass for playing bowls on.
bowl over to knock down. I was bowled over in the rush for the door; His generosity bowled me over.
bowl2
(bəul) noun1. a round, deep dish eg for mixing or serving food etc. a baking-bowl; a soup bowl.
2. a round hollow part, especially of a tobacco pipe, a spoon etc. The bowl of this spoon is dirty.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bowl
→ وِعاء mísa skål Schüssel μπολ cuenco, tazón kulho bol zdjela insalatiera ボウル 그릇 kom bolle miska tigela чаша skål ชาม kase chén 碗Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bowl
n. bacín, taza.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012