bowl

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

bowls

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

bowl

past (v2)

bowled

past participle (v3)

bowled

present participle

bowling

3rd person singular

bowls

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

   • This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.
   • You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
   • Fresh ingredients are more expensive than highly processed ones and the result is grain bowls galore for those who can spend $10 or more per meal, and fast food full of salt, fat and sugar for everyone else.

2. 2.The round hollow part of anything.

   • Dig out a bowl in the ground.
   • Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.

3. 3.The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

   • This bowl is too small.

4. 4.The action of bowling a ball.

   • This bowl is too small.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

   • Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.

2. 2.To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

3. 3.To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

   • We were bowled rapidly along the road.
   • On busy days, they also may be seen bowling along the Brighton main line, north of Keymer Junction, with a relief Newhaven boat express, […].

4. 4.To play bowling or a similar game.

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