Bowled

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • ad. Describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of bowl.
  • Word Usage
    ""Louis," she burst out, "I'd rather be a Puritan, I think -- and be all dead and dried up like Aunt Janet, than -- than -- what you call bowled over."
    Equivalent
    out   
    Verb Form
    bowled    bowles    bowling    bowls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurtle    cast    hurl    container    ball    roll    wheel    incurvation    concavity    incurvature   
    Cross Reference
    curve    stoop    overcome    subdue    hollow    roll    yield    stocks and bowls    to bowl over    burnt bowl   
    Form
    bowl cut    bowl-cut    fruit bowl    mixing bowl    dustbowl    bowl along    bowling alley    bowling    bowler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fiddlestick    incline    bend    prostrate    nod    stoop    glide    tool    roll    serve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cole    Dole    Kohl    Nicole    Ole    Pole    Seoul    Sol    atoll    bole   
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    Same Context
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    cup    dish    pot    basket    pan    basin    tray    mug    box    bucket