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Verb
/bō/,
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bows, 3rd person singular present; bowed, past participle; bowing, present participle; bowed, past tense;
  1. Bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame
    • - he turned and bowed to his father
    • - they refused to bow down before the king
    • - councilors stood with heads bowed
    • - she knelt and bowed her head
  2. Express (thanks, agreement, or other sentiments) by bending one's head respectfully
    • - he looked at Hector before bowing grave thanks
  3. Bend the body in order to see or concentrate
    • - my mother sat bowed over a library book
  4. Cause (something) to bend with age or under a heavy weight
    • - the vines were bowed down with flowers
    • - the grass bowed down before the wind
  5. Submit to pressure or to someone's demands
    • - the mayor bowed to public opinion
  6. Usher (someone) in a specified direction while bowing respectfully
    • - a gorgeously dressed footman bowed her into the hallway
  1. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
  2. arced: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
  3. bandy: have legs that curve outward at the knees
  4. showing an excessively deferential manner
  5. (bowing) bow: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
  6. (bowing) managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
  7. Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.
  8. (Bowes (surname)) Bowes is a surname shared by several notable people: * Bill Bowes (1908-1987), English cricketer * Bob Bowes (born before 1949), English actor * Danny Bowes (born 1960), English musician * Edward Bowes (1874-1946), American radio personality * Elizabeth Bowes * George Bowes ( ...
  9. Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol. It is most prominent in Asian cultures but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many countries and distinctively in Europe. ...
  10. (bowing) Deviation from flatness.
  11. (Bowing) (bowed string instruments; เครื่องสี, khrueang si)
  12. (Bowing) A board that has warped, where the ends have lifted.
  13. (Bowing) A courtship behavior of a male pigeon like puffing out his neck feathers, lowering his head and turning around in circles.
  14. (Bowing) A curve in a normally straight long bone. This can be the result of angulation from healed fractures or gradual deformation of the bone over time as a response to the forces upon it.
  15. (Bowing) A mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Gen 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen 43:28). ...
  16. (Bowing) A type of warping that causes boards to curl up at their ends.
  17. (Bowing) It is customary that when entering the Dojo or mat area a judoka should bow at the waist to the referee and to his opponent if this is a match situation or if this is a training situation bow to the instructor.
  18. (Bowing) Mechanical separation and layering of wool or fur fibers.
  19. (Bowing) Usually caused by finishing.  Woven filling yarns lien in an arc across fabric width: in knits the course lines lie in an arc across width of goods. Critical on stripes or patterns and not as critical on solid color fabrics.
  20. (Bowing) the marking for stringed instruments to show which notes should be played to which stroke (up or down) of the bow
  21. (Bowing) “The Buddhist practice of bowing to the Buddha . . . diminishes one’s habits of self-importance, pride, and arrogance. It is also a good physical exercise that can make the body strong. . . .”
  22. (bowing) A warping or curving of the wall cladding.
  23. Forelegs curved outward (e.g. Pekingese).
  24. A condition of the covers or boards of a hard cover book. Bowed covers may turn inward toward the leaves or outward away from the leaves. ...
  25. Curved. "Bowed out" is used to describe a typical transformation curve, which is concave to the origin. In contrast, a transformation curve reflecting increasing returns to scale might be "bowed in" toward the origin.