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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. bow: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
  2. bowed: showing an excessively deferential manner
  3. managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
  4. (bow) bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
  5. (bow) a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
  6. (bow) a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
  7. 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. ...
  8. (BOW) Bartow Municipal Airport is a public use airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Bartow, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Bartow Municipal Airport Development Authority.
  9. (Bow (boat)) A boat is a watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. ...
  10. (Bow (musical instrument)) In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones.
  11. (Bow (NH)) Bow is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census.
  12. (Bow (river, Canada)) The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River.
  13. (bow) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow); A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched ...
  14. (Bow) the ring or hoop on the pendant of a watch case for fastening the swivel of a watch chain; any bow-shaped ornament, flat or three-dimensional.
  15. (Bow) Concavity, curvature, or deformation of the wafer centerline independent of any thickness variation present.
  16. (Bow) A combination window that projects to the exterior. Usually features four or more window units in a radial or bow formation.
  17. (bow) A curve, bend, warping or other deviation from flatness in glass or wood.
  18. (bow) (n.) opening or premiere; (v.) to debut a production; "The pic's bow was in January"; "The Nederlander Organization will bow its revival of 'Wonderful Town' next year."
  19. (Bow) A shaft condition such that the geometric centerline of the shaft is not straight.
  20. (Bow) The deviation from flatness of a board characterized by a roughly cylindrical or spherical curvature such that, if the product is rectangle, its four corners are in the same plane.
  21. (Bow) A decorative accessory for women's shoes sometimes on vamp or sometimes at the ends of the laces.
  22. (Bow) the front section of a boat.
  23. (bow) a warp along the length of the face
  24. (bow) Forward portion of a boat.
  25. (BOW) The distortion of lumber in which there is a deviation, in a direction perpendicular to the flat face, from a straight line from end to end of the piece.