Sekirov Dictionary

bow

/baʊ/

noun4

  1. a movement of lowering the head or the top half of the body, usually to show respect
  2. The front of a boat or ship.
  3. The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
  4. Ellipsis of bow-wow

verb7

  1. To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
  2. To defer (to something).
  3. To give up or cease resisting.
  4. To debut.
  5. To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
  6. Ellipsis of bow-wow
  7. about to

exclamation1

  1. Ellipsis of bow-wow
bow
UK /ˈbəʊ̯/US /ˈboʊ̯/

noun13

  1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
  2. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
  3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
  4. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
  5. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
  6. Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
  7. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
  8. Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
  9. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
  10. 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 hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
  11. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
  12. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
  13. A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

verb3

  1. To bend or curve, particularly downward.
  2. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
  3. (figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
forms

bowed · bow'd · bowing · boweth · bows · bowest · BOWs · BoWs

Phrases with bow

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