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| Sounds | baw'; bow' |
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| Rhymes | bough |
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| Meaning | A knot with two loops and loose ends. Used to tie shoelaces. |
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| Synonyms | bowknot |
| Broader | knot |
| Meaning | A slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument. |
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| Narrower | fiddlestick, violin bow |
| Broader | stick |
| Verbs | bow |
| Meaning | Front part of a vessel or aircraft. |
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| Examples | "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" |
| Synonyms | fore, prow, stem |
| Part of | vessel, watercraft |
| Broader | front |
| Meaning | Curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows. |
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| Part of | bow and arrow |
| Parts | bowstring; limb |
| Narrower | crossbow; Cupid's bow; handbow; longbow |
| Broader | weapon, arm, weapon system |
| Meaning | Something curved in shape. |
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| Synonyms | arc |
| Narrower | rainbow |
| Broader | curve, curved shape |
| Meaning | Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame. |
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| Synonyms | bowing, obeisance |
| Narrower | curtsy, curtsey; genuflection, genuflexion; kowtow, kotow; scrape, scraping; salaam |
| Broader | gesture, motion |
| Verbs | bow; bow; bow |
| Meaning | An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience. |
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| Synonyms | curtain call |
| Broader | thanks |
| Meaning | A decorative interlacing of ribbons. |
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| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
| Meaning | A stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments. |
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| Narrower | down-bow; up-bow |
| Broader | stroke |
| Meaning | Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Examples | "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" |
| Synonyms | bow down |
| Entailed by | curtsy, bob |
| Narrower | congee, conge |
| Broader | gesticulate, gesture, motion |
| Nouns | bow |
| Meaning | Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Examples | "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| Synonyms | submit, defer, accede, give in |
| Broader | yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under |
| Meaning | Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "He bowed before the King" |
| Narrower | take a bow; curtsy, curtsey; scrape, kowtow, genuflect; genuflect |
| Broader | change posture |
| See also | bow down |
| Nouns | bow |
| Meaning | Bend one's back forward from the waist on down. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "She bowed before the Queen" |
| Synonyms | crouch, stoop, bend |
| Entails | change posture |
| Narrower | squinch; huddle, cower |
| Broader | bend, flex |
| Nouns | bow |
| Meaning | Play on a string instrument. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Category | music |
| Broader | play |
| Nouns | bow |