bow

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Meaning

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

bend

thruster machinery compartment

thrust propeller

maneuvering device

yield

prostrate oneself

defer to

lean forward

lower the head

bend before

current collector

cross-bow

stoop down

make straight

show respect

long handle

make obeisance

segment of a circle

give respect

pay homage

war-bow

reverential salutation

turn towards a person

address of welcome

double joint

pellet-bow

nod head

fiddle stick

arch form

bow shape

musical bow

crescent-shaped object

make something curved

persuade or bend

get angry

give thanks

give way to

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəʊ/

From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognate with West Frisian boge, Dutch boog, German Bogen, Swedish båge.