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bowled

SayBOHLD/boʊld/UK/bəʊld/

3 meanings of bowled

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of bowl. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She bowled the ball straight down the lane.

    He bowled three strikes in a row last night.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Out in cricket because the ball hit and knocked over the small sticks behind the batter.

    He was bowled in the very first over of the match.

    The young batter got bowled trying to smash a big shot.

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  3. 3
    adjectivein compounds
    Made with a bowl, or shaped like a bowl, with a round, scooped-out part.

    The garden had a wide bowled fountain at its center.

    The lamp came with a bowled glass shade that softened the light.

    Similarconcave, dished

    Oppositeconvex

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bowled is a form of bowl

bowl, verb: To play bowling or a game like it, rolling a ball toward a target. Full entry

Forms
bowlbowls he/she/itbowling -ing formbowled past tense, past participle
Spelling
bowl → bowled: add -ed

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