bowls

bowl ¹  (bl)

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.

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[Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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bowl ²  (bl)

n.

1. A large wooden ball weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias.

2. A roll or throw of this ball, as in bowling.

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.

b. To throw or roll a ball in bowling.

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 children bowled along on their bicycles.

v.tr.

1. To throw or roll (a ball).

2.

a. To achieve (a specified score) by bowling.

b. To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling.

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.

Phrasal Verbs:

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.

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[Middle English boule, from Old French, from Latin bulla, round object.]

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bowls [bəʊlz]

n (functioning as singular)

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling)

a.  a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible

b.  (as modifier) a bowls tournament

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) skittles or tenpin bowling

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bowls - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack lawn bowling bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them bowl - a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling jack - a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling

Translations

bowls [ˈbəʊlz] n → (jeu m de) boules fpl
to play bowls → jouer aux boules
bow tie [ˌbəʊˈtaɪ] n → nœud m papillon
bow window [ˌbəʊˈwɪndəʊ] n → bow-window en arc de cercle)m >, oriel m

bowls

n → Bowling nt; (Italian, German) → Boccia nt; (French) → Boule nt

bowls [bəʊlz] nsg → gioco delle bocce

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bowls [bəʊlz] nsg → gioco delle bocce