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1. (noun) bow, bowknot
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

2. (noun) bow
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

3. (noun) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

4. (noun) bow
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

5. (noun) bow, arc
something curved in shape

6. (noun) bow, bowing, obeisance
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

7. (noun) bow, curtain call
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

8. (noun) bow
a decorative interlacing of ribbons

9. (verb) bow
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

10. (verb) bow, bow down
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
"He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"

11. (verb) submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"

12. (verb) bow
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
"He bowed before the King"

13. (verb) crouch, stoop, bend, bow
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

14. (verb) bow
play on a string instrument with a bow

Definitions of 'bow'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) bow
an inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility

2. (noun) bow
the bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow

3. (noun) bow
one who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar

4. bow
two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree

5. bow
to manage the bow

6. (verb) bow
to cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved

7. (verb) bow
to exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline

8. (verb) bow
to bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension

9. (verb) bow
to cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue

10. (verb) bow
to express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks

11. (verb) bow
to bend; to curve

12. (verb) bow
to stop

13. (verb) bow
to bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down

14. (verb) bow
to incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow

15. (verb) bow
anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow

16. (verb) bow
a weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled

17. (verb) bow
an ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string

18. (verb) bow
the U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke

19. (verb) bow
an appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument

20. (verb) bow
an arcograph

21. (verb) bow
any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters

22. (verb) bow
a rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea

23. (verb) bow
to play (music) with a bow

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