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Definition of bowl verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    bowl

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//boʊl//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bowl
     
     he / she / it bowls
     
     past simple bowled
     
     -ing form bowling
     
     
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    roll ball
  1. 1[intransitive, transitive] bowl (something) to roll a ball in the games of bowling and lawn bowling
    2. move quickly
  2. 2[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly in a particular direction, especially in a vehicle Soon we were bowling along the country roads.
    3. Phrasal Verbsbowl over
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