a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
2.
the contents of a bowl: a bowl of tomato soup.
3.
a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe.
4.
a large drinking cup.
5.
festive drinking; conviviality.
6.
any bowl-shaped depression or formation.
7.
an edifice with tiers of seats forming sides like those of a bowl, having the arena at the bottom; stadium.
8.
Also called bowl game.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.
9.
Typography. a curved or semicircular line of a character, as of a, d, b, etc.
–verb (used with object)
10.
to give (a floor) a gentle inclination on all sides toward some area, as a stage or platform.
[Origin: bef. 950; ME bolle, OE bolla; c. ON bolli.See boll]
a wooden ball rolled along the ground in playing bowls. See alsobowlsbelow
Arabic:
كُرةٌ خَشَبِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
滚木球
Chinese (Traditional):
滾木球
Czech:
(dřevěná) koule
Danish:
boccia
Dutch:
bowl
Estonian:
keeglikuul
Finnish:
pallo
French:
boule
German:
die Kugel
Greek:
ξύλινη μπάλα του υπαίθριου μπόουλιγκ
Hungarian:
fagolyó
Icelandic:
keiluspilskúla
Indonesian:
bola boling
Japanese:
ボーリング用の球
Korean:
공
Latvian:
bumba
Lithuanian:
kėglių rutulys
Norwegian:
bowling-, *kjeglekule
Polish:
kula do gry w kręgle
Portuguese (Brazil):
bola de madeira
Portuguese (Portugal):
bola
Romanian:
bilă (de popice)
Russian:
шар
Slovak:
(drevená) guľa
Slovenian:
krogla
Spanish:
bola
Swedish:
klot, boll
Turkish:
top
bowl1[bəul]verb
to play bowls
Arabic:
يَلْعَبُ بالكُرَةِ الخَشَبِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
玩滚木球戏
Chinese (Traditional):
玩滾木球戲
Czech:
hrát koule
Danish:
spille boccia
Dutch:
bowlen
Estonian:
keeglit mängima
French:
jouer aux boules
German:
Bowls spielen, kegeln
Greek:
παίζω υπαίθριο μπόουλιγκ
Hungarian:
hajít, gurít
Icelandic:
keila, leika keilu(leik)
Indonesian:
main boling
Japanese:
ボーリングをする
Korean:
볼링을 하다
Latvian:
spēlēt bumbu ripināšanu
Lithuanian:
žaisti kėgliais
Norwegian:
spille bowling, *kjegler, bowle
Polish:
grać w kręgle
Portuguese (Brazil):
jogar boliche
Portuguese (Portugal):
jogar boliche
Romanian:
a juca popice
Russian:
катать шары
Slovak:
hrať bowls
Slovenian:
balinati
Spanish:
jugar a los bolos
Swedish:
spela bowls, bowla
Turkish:
top yuvarlama oyunu oynamak
bowl2[bəul]verb
to deliver or send (a ball) towards the batsman in cricket
Arabic:
يُدَحْرِجُ الكُرَةَ الخَشَبِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
（板球戏中）投球给击球员
Chinese (Traditional):
（板球戲中）投球給擊球員
Czech:
nadhazovat (míček)
Danish:
kaste
Dutch:
bowlen
Estonian:
söötma
French:
lancer la balle à
German:
den Ball werfen
Greek:
ρίχνω την μπάλα προς τον παίκτη που έχει το μπαστούνι (
Hungarian:
hajít, gurít
Icelandic:
kasta í krikket
Indonesian:
melempar bola
Japanese:
投球する (クリケット)
Korean:
투구하다
Latvian:
padot bumbu (kriketā)
Lithuanian:
pavaryti kamuolį
Norwegian:
kaste
Polish:
zaserwować w krykiecie
Portuguese (Brazil):
lançar a bola
Portuguese (Portugal):
atirar
Romanian:
a arunca mingea (spre)
Russian:
подавать мяч
Slovak:
nadhadzovať (loptičku)
Slovenian:
vreči (žogo)
Spanish:
lanzar la pelota
Swedish:
kasta
Turkish:
topu oyuncuya göndermek
bowl3[bəul]verb
to put (a batsman) out by hitting the wicket with the ball Example: Smith was bowled for eighty-five (= Smith was put out after making eighty-five runs).
Arabic:
يَخْرُجُ مِنَ اللُعْبَةِ
Chinese (Simplified):
（板球戏中）因击中三柱门而迫使（击球员）退场
Chinese (Traditional):
（板球戲中）因擊中三柱門而迫使（擊球員）退場
Czech:
vyřadit ze hry
Danish:
slå ud
Dutch:
uitbowlen
Estonian:
(sööduga) auti viima
French:
mettre hors jeu
German:
zum Ausscheiden zwingen
Greek:
βγάζω εκτός παιχνιδιού τον παίκτη που έχει το μπαστούν
Hungarian:
hajít, gurít
Icelandic:
slá út
Indonesian:
memukul (permainan kriket)
Japanese:
打者をアウトにする (クリケット)
Korean:
아웃시키다
Norwegian:
slå ut
Polish:
wykluczyć, wybić, wyeliminować
Portuguese (Brazil):
deixar sem defesa
Portuguese (Portugal):
úeliminar do jogo
Romanian:
a scoate din joc
Russian:
метать мяч в калитку
Slovak:
vyradiť z hry
Slovenian:
izločiti iz igre
Spanish:
dejar fuera de juego
Swedish:
slå ut
Turkish:
vurucuyu oyun dışı bırakmak
bowl1[bəul]noun
a round, deep dish eg for mixing or serving food etc Example: a baking-bowl; a soup bowl
Arabic:
طاسَه، قَصْعَه
Chinese (Simplified):
碗
Chinese (Traditional):
碗
Czech:
mísa
Danish:
skål
Dutch:
kom
Estonian:
kauss
Finnish:
kulho
French:
bol
German:
die Schüssel
Greek:
γαβάθα, μπολ
Hungarian:
tál
Icelandic:
skál
Indonesian:
mangkuk
Japanese:
深いはち
Korean:
주발
Latvian:
trauks; bļoda
Lithuanian:
dubuo
Norwegian:
skål, bolle
Polish:
misa, półmisek, głęboki talerz
Portuguese (Brazil):
tigela
Portuguese (Portugal):
tigela
Romanian:
bol, castron
Russian:
миска; пиала
Slovak:
misa
Slovenian:
posoda
Spanish:
bol, cuenco
Swedish:
skål, bunke
Turkish:
tas, kâse, çanak
bowl2[bəul]noun
a round hollow part, especially of a tobacco pipe, a spoon etc Example: The bowl of this spoon is dirty.
Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. 2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole.]
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.]1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. Brought them food in bowls of basswood. --Longfellow. 2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking. 3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold. 4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.]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. 2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. 3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling.]1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak. 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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