Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bow down before the porcelain god

(chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine. / (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

(now rare) To disembowel.

(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.

To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

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.

(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).

(cricket, of a side) To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings. / (cricket, of a bowler or batsman) To dismiss or be dismissed bowled.

(cricket) The white line marked at each end of the pitch through the wicket and ending at the return creases. When bowling the bowler's front foot must not cross this line until after the ball has been delivered.