intransitive verb. To bend or curve downward; stoop.

intransitive verb. To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

intransitive verb. To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit. synonym: yield.

intransitive verb. To bend (the head, knee, or body) to express greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

intransitive verb. To convey (greeting, for example) by bending the body.

intransitive verb. To escort deferentially.

intransitive verb. To cause to acquiesce; submit.

intransitive verb. To overburden.

noun. An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

phrasal verb. To remove oneself; withdraw.

idiom. (bow and scrape) To behave obsequiously.

noun. A bent, curved, or arched object.

noun. A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows.

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noun. An archer.

noun. Archers considered as a group.

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noun. A rod having horsehair drawn tightly between its two raised ends, used in playing instruments of the violin and viol families.

noun. A stroke made by this rod.

noun. A knot usually having two loops and two ends; a bowknot.

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noun. A frame for the lenses of a pair of eyeglasses.

noun. The part of such a frame passing over the ear.

noun. A rainbow.

noun. An oxbow.

intransitive verb. To bend (something) into the shape of a bow.

intransitive verb. To play (a stringed instrument) with a bow.

intransitive verb. To bend into a curve or bow.

intransitive verb. To play a stringed instrument with a bow.

noun. The front section of a ship or boat.

noun. Either of the sides of this front section.

noun. The oar or the person wielding the oar closest to the bow in a racing shell.

noun. An inclination of the head or a bending of the body in salutation, or in token of reverence, respect, civility, submission, assent, or thanks.

To become bent or crooked; assume a curved form; bend; curve.

To tend; turn; incline.

To bend or curve downward; take a bent posture or attitude; stoop.

To bend the neck under a yoke; submit or become subject; yield: as, to bow to the inevitable.

To bend the body or head in worship, or in token of reverence, respect, or submission: with to or before, and sometimes emphasized by down.

To make a bow; incline the body or the head toward a person by way of salutation or friendly recognition, or in acknowledgment of some courtesy.

To cause to bend; make curved or crooked; cause to assume and retain a bent shape.

To cause to stoop or become bent, as with old age or a burden; hence, to crush.

To cause to bend in submission; cause to submit; subdue.

To bend; inflect; cause to deviate from a given condition.

To incline; turn in a particular direction; influence.

To bend or incline in worship or adoration, or in token of submission, homage, respect, civility, condescension, or attention.

To express by a bow or by bowing: as, to bow one's thanks or assent.

To accompany or usher in, out, etc., with a bow or bows.

noun. A Scotch form of boll.

noun. . Same as bough. Compare with bowpot for boughpot.

noun. Nautical, the forward part or head of a ship, beginning where the sides trend inward, and terminating where they close or unite in the stem or prow. A narrow bow is called a lean bow; a broad one, a bold or bluff bow.

"Now, you see, _if in the moment of sliding you prepare the bow for the next string, the slide itself is lost in the crossing of the bow_."