bowl

bowl

US /boʊl/ 
UK /bəʊl/ 

To roll a ball along a smooth grass or artificial surface during a game of bowls

bowl - بولینگ (بازی) کردن
معادل فارسی: 

بولينگ‌ (بازى) كردن‌

مثال انگلیسی: 

It was Peter's turn to bowl.

نوبت پیتر بود تا بولینگ بازی کند.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bowl

 verb (bowls, bowling, bowled )
(in games such as cricket) to throw a ball so that somebody can hit it

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. bowl2 BrE AmE verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: bowl 'ball used in bowling' (15-21 centuries), from Old French boule, from Latin bulla 'bubble']
1. [intransitive and transitive] to roll a ball along a surface when you are playing the game of bowls
2.
a) [I, T] to throw a ball at the ↑batsman (=the person who hits the ball) in ↑cricket ⇨ bat
b) [transitive] to make a batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball so that it hits the ↑wicket behind him
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to travel along very quickly and smoothly
bowl along/down
We were bowling along at about 90 miles per hour.
bowl somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
in ↑cricket, when a team is bowled out, each member of the team has had to leave the field and there is no one left to ↑bat
bowl somebody ↔ over phrasal verb
1. to accidentally hit someone and knock them down because you are running in a place that is full of people or things SYN knock over
2. to surprise, please, or excite someone very much SYN knock out:
He was bowled over by her beauty.
• • •
THESAURUS
■ to throw a ball in a sport
pass to throw the ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Wilkinson, who kicked the ball over the goalposts.
pitch to throw the ball to the batter in a game of baseball: Stoddard pitched for the Chicago White Sox.
bowl to throw the ball towards the person who is batting in a game of cricket: Harmison bowled superbly and took 5 wickets.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verb  

ROLL BALL

1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to roll a ball in the games of bowls and bowling  

IN CRICKET

2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to throw a ball to the batsman (= the person who hits the ball)

3. transitive ~ sb (out) to make the batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball that hits the wicket  

MOVE QUICKLY
4. intransitive + adv./prep. (BrE) to move quickly in a particular direction, especially in a vehicle
Soon we were bowling along the country roads.
 
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 and n. sense 7 Old English bolle bolla Germanic Dutch bol ‘round object’ boll
n. senses 5 to 6 and v. late Middle English ‘ball’ Old French boule Latin bulla ‘bubble’
 
Synonyms:
throw
toss hurl fling chuck lob bowl pitch
These words all mean to send sth from your hand through the air.
throwto send sth from your hand or hands through the air: Some kids were throwing stones at the window. She threw the ball and he caught it.
tossto throw sth lightly or carelessly: She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
hurlto throw sth violently in a particular direction: Rioters hurled a brick through the car's windscreen.
flingto throw sb/sth somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry: She flung the letter down onto the table.
chuck(especially BrE, informal) to throw sth carelessly: I chucked him the keys.
lob(informal) to throw sth so that it goes high through the air: They were lobbing stones over the wall.
bowl(in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
pitch(in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch sth at/to sb/sth
to throw/toss/fling/chuck sth aside/away
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
to throw/toss/hurl/fling sth angrily
to throw/toss sth casually/carelessly  
Example Bank:
He bowled him a gentle first ball.
• It was Peter's turn to bowl.

• Smith had bowled more than ten overs.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bowl / bəʊl /   / boʊl / verb [ I or T ] (ROLL)

to roll a ball along a smooth grass or artificial surface during a game of bowls

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bowl

/boʊl/
(bowls, bowling, bowled)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl...
N-COUNT

2.
The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something.
...a bowl of soup.
N-COUNT: usu N of n

3.
You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl.
He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.
...the toilet bowl.
N-COUNT: usu with supp

4.
Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass. (BRIT; in AM, use lawn bowling)
N-UNCOUNT

5.
A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with.
N-COUNT: usu pl

6.
In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman.
I can’t see the point of bowling a ball like that...
He bowled so well that we won two matches.
VERB: V n, V

7.
If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself.
Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along...
VERB: V prep/adv

8.
A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl.
...the Crystal Palace Bowl.
...the Rose Bowl.
N-IN-NAMES: the n N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

bowl

2bowl verb bowls; bowled; bowl·ing
1 [+ obj] : to roll (a ball) towards something especially in the game of bowling or lawn bowling
• I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball.
2 a [no obj] : to play the game of bowling
• We bowl every Thursday night.
• Do you like to bowl?
• I haven't bowled since I was a kid.
b [+ obj] : to get (a score) in a game of bowling
• She usually bowls around 150.
3 [+ obj] cricket
a : to throw (a ball) to the batsman
b : to force (a batsman) to leave the field by throwing a ball that hits the wicket behind the batsman
• He was bowled (out) for 47.
4 always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] chiefly Brit : to move or go very quickly
• We were bowling along the motorway in her new car.
bowl over [phrasal verb]
1 bowl (someone or something) over or bowl over (someone or something) : to hit and push down (someone or something) while quickly moving past
• We were almost bowled over by the wind.
2 bowl (someone) over or bowl over (someone) : to surprise or impress (someone) very much
• He was completely bowled over by the news.
• She bowled over [=amazed] the judges with her excellent performance.

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