bow
/ˈboʊ̯/noun, verb1 syllable
Bow means: yield to another's wish or opinion.
Synonyms for bow21
noun, as in bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
noun, as in a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
noun, as in something curved in shape
noun, as in an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
verb, as in yield to another's wish or opinion
verb, as in bend one's back forward from the waist on down
verb, as in bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
What does bow mean?14
verb
yield to another's wish or opinion“The government bowed to the military pressure”
bend one's back forward from the waist on down“he crouched down”
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head“He bowed before the King”
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting“He bowed before the King”
play on a stringed instrument with a bow
noun
front part of a vessel or aircraft“he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line”
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
something curved in shape
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with bow?21
Bow in a sentence
- A bow that is always extended does not resist, it breaks soon.carlosalberto
- Fall to your knees and bow before me, child.megamanenm
- By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.CM
- Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.fekundulo
- Look, there's a whale breaching off the starboard bow!darinmex
- The riper the rice, the more deeply it bows.AmarMecheri
- Is it stranger to dream about a bow or about a rainbow?Scott
- The corpulent woman wore a bow in her hair.Eccles17
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Forms of bow
as a noun
- plural
- bows
as a verb
- past tense
- bowed
- present participle
- bowing
- third-person singular
- bows
- past participle
- bowed