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minus-square@zweieurolinkEnglish17•edit-27 months agoOohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
minus-square@then_three_morecakelinkEnglish6•edit-27 months agoYou could also read it as a vowel. (in bowling) to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling (in Cricket) to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoIt’s not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it’s the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. “Have you seen the birds fly?”
Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
You could also read it as a vowel.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
It’s not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it’s the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. “Have you seen the birds fly?”