bowl

1a lawn bowling :  a ball (as of lignum vitae) weighted or shaped to give it a bias (see ¹bias 2a) when rolledb bowls plural in form but singular in construction :  lawn bowling playing bowls

2 :  a delivery of the ball in bowling

3 :  a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine)

1a :  to participate in a game of bowling bowls every Thursday nightb :  to roll a ball in bowling your turn to bowl

2 :  to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle)

1a :  to roll (a ball) in bowlingb (1) :  to complete by bowling bowl a spare (2) :  to score by bowling bowls 150

2 :  to strike with a swiftly moving object being bowled over by a base runner

1 :  a round hollow dish without handles

2 :  the contents of a bowl I ate a bowl of cereal.

3 :  something in the shape of a bowl (as part of a spoon or pipe)

1 :  to play a game of bowling

2 :  to move rapidly and smoothly The car bowled down the hill.