BOW


Meaning of BOW in English

vi to manage the bow.

2. bow ·vi to play (music) with a bow.

3. bow ·vi to stop.

4. bow ·vt an arcograph.

5. bow ·vt to express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

6. bow ·noun one who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

7. bow ·vt anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.

8. bow ·vi to bend; to curve.

9. bow ·noun the bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

10. bow ·vt a rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

11. bow (·sg / ·pl) two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

12. bow ·vi to incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.

13. bow ·vt the u-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

14. bow ·vt an ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

15. bow ·vi to bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission;

— often with down.

xvi. bow ·vt to bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

xvii. bow ·vt to cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.

xviii. bow ·vt to cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

xix. bow ·vt 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.

xx. bow ·vt to exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

xxi. bow ·vt 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.

xxii. bow ·noun 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.

xxiii. bow ·vt 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.

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