simple past tense and past participle of bowl

(cricket) (Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.

plural of bowlful

A surname. / A census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.

As much as is held by a bowl.

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports. / (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

present participle of bowl

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling / (New England) Candlepin bowling.

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. / As much as is held by a bowl.

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. / The action of bowling a ball. / (in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.