bowl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bowl	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for bowl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bowl n a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; a concave shape with an open top Synonym(s): bowl, trough a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods the quantity contained in a bowl Synonym(s): bowl, bowlful a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments Synonym(s): stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling Synonym(s): bowling ball, bowl a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco Synonym(s): bowl, pipe bowl the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) Synonym(s): roll, bowl v roll (a ball) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\ (b[omac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\ (b[omac]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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl \Bowl\, v. i. 1. To play with bowls. 2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc. 3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bowl The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).