Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bowl
Bowl
bowl
1. n. 1 a a usu. round deep basin used for food or liquid. b the quantity (of soup etc.) a bowl holds. c the contents of a bowl. 2 a any deep-sided container shaped like a bowl (lavatory bowl). b the bowl-shaped part of a tobacco-pipe, spoon, balance, etc. 3 esp. US a bowl-shaped region or building, esp. an amphitheatre (Hollywood Bowl). Derivatives bowlful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: OE bolle, bolla, f. Gmc 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls. b a wooden ball or disc used in playing skittles. c a large ball with indents for gripping, used in tenpin bowling. 2 (in pl.; usu. treated as sing.) a a game played with bowls (sense 1a) on grass. b tenpin bowling. c skittles. 3 a spell or turn of bowling in cricket. --v. 1 a tr. roll (a ball, a hoop, etc.) along the ground. b intr. play bowls or skittles. 2 tr. (also absol.) Cricket etc. a deliver (a ball, an over, etc.) (bowled six overs; bowled well). b (often foll. by out) dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with a ball (soon bowled him out). c (often foll. by down) knock (a wicket) over. 3 intr. (often foll. by along) go along rapidly by revolving, esp. on wheels (the cart bowled along the road). Phrases and idioms bowl out Cricket dismiss (a batsman or a side). bowl over 1 knock down. 2 colloq. a impress greatly. b overwhelm (bowled over by her energy). Etymology: ME & F boule f. L bulla bubble
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla; akin to Old High German bolla blister Date: before 12th century a concave usually nearly hemispherical vessel, the contents of a ~, a ~-shaped or concave part: as, the hollow of a spoon or tobacco pipe, the receptacle of a toilet, 4. a natural formation or geographical region shaped like a ~, a ~-shaped structure, a postseason football game between specially invited teams, ~ed adjective ~ful noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English boule, from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble Date: 15th century 1. a ball (as of lignum vitae) weighted or shaped to give it a bias when rolled in lawn ~ing, lawn ~ing, a delivery of the ball in ~ing, a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine), III. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to participate in a game of ~ing, to roll a ball in ~ing, to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle), transitive verb 1. to roll (a ball) in ~ing, b. to complete by ~ing , to score by ~ing , to strike with a swiftly moving object ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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