bowl vs shy

verb

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
To play bowling or a similar game.
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

noun

A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
The action of bowling a ball.
An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
The game of bowls.
The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
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.
Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
The round hollow part of anything.

verb

To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
(transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
To jump back in fear.

noun

In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
An act of throwing.
A place for throwing.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

adj