vi to lodge.
2. bower ·v & ·noun one who bows or bends.
3. bower ·noun a young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
4. bower ·v & ·noun an anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
5. bower ·v & ·noun a muscle that bends a limb, ·esp. the arm.
6. bower ·vt to embower; to inclose.
7. bower ·noun a rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.
8. bower ·noun anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; ·esp., a lady's private apartment.
9. bower ·noun one of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
10. bower ·noun a shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, ·etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.