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Bow   /baʊ/  /boʊ/   Listen
Bow

noun
1.
A knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces.  Synonym: bowknot.
2.
A slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments.
3.
Front part of a vessel or aircraft.  Synonyms: fore, prow, stem.
4.
A weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow.
5.
Something curved in shape.  Synonym: arc.
6.
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting.  Synonyms: bowing, obeisance.
7.
An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience.  Synonym: curtain call.
8.
A decorative interlacing of ribbons.
9.
A stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments.
verb
(past & past part. bowed; pres. part. bowing)
1.
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head.  Synonym: bow down.  "She bowed her head in shame"
2.
Yield to another's wish or opinion.  Synonyms: accede, defer, give in, submit.
3.
Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting.
4.
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.  Synonyms: bend, crouch, stoop.  "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
5.
Play on a string instrument with a bow.



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"Bow" Quotes from Famous Books



... whose pebbles are like those found on modern shores; the hardened sea-sands of the oldest epochs show ripple-marks, such as may now be found on every sandy coast; nay, more, the pits left by ancient rain-drops prove that even in the very earliest ages, the "bow in the clouds" must have adorned the palaeozoic firmament. So that if we could reverse the legend of the Seven Sleepers,—if we could sleep back through the past, and awake a million ages before our own epoch, in the midst of the earliest geologic times,—there is no reason to ...
— Time and Life • Thomas H. Huxley

... at last spoke Captain Kane, 'All our anchors are in vain, And the Germans and the Yankees they have drifted to the lee! Cut the cables at the bow! We must trust the engines now! Give her steam, and let her have it, lads, we'll fight her ...
— Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... weary bones, saluted by the tears of so many weary pilgrims who have come hither to seek strength from his example. Here are the churches above, full of the works of earlier art, animated by the contagion of a great example. It is impossible not to bow the head, and feel how mighty an influence flows from a single soul, sincere in its service of truth, in whatever form that ...
— At Home And Abroad - Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe • Margaret Fuller Ossoli

... big white bow on the portmanteau and on a trunk handle.] If Auntie Tillman sees 'em, I'll bet she'll grab 'em off. She'll be as mad ...
— The Girl with the Green Eyes - A Play in Four Acts • Clyde Fitch

... galley would turn and fly from the attack, for the monster itself seemed as large as our vessel; but there was not the slightest thought of flight. On the contrary, every man was on the alert; some sprang to the bow and stood there, awaiting the first shock; others, amidship, stood waiting for the orders of the Kohen. Meanwhile the monster approached, and at length, with a sweep of his long neck, came down upon the dense ...
— A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder • James De Mille


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