 10 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bow
noun
1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
[syn: {bowknot}]
2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut
horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed
instrument
3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {fore}, {prow}, {stem}]
4: curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel
arrows
5: something curved in shape [syn: {arc}]
6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame [syn: {bowing}, {obeisance}]
7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the
concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of
the audience [syn: {curtain call}]
8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons
9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair
strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
verb
1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed
before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn: {bow
down}]
2: submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The
government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: {submit},
{defer}, {accede}, {give in}]
3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of
respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man
stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: {crouch}, {stoop},
{bend}]
5: play on a string instrument
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (bou), verb (used without an object)
1. To bend; to curve. [Obs.]
2. To stop. [Archaic]
They stoop, they bow down together. --Is. xlvi. 2?
3. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or
submission; -- often with down.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel
before the Lord our maker. --Ps. xcv. 6.
4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or
assent; to make bow.
Admired, adored by all circling crowd,
For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed.
--Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (bou), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowing}.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
verb (used without an object)); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. {Fugitive}.]
1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
inflect; to make crooked or curved.
We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
their natural straightness. --Milton.
The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
of tyranny. --Prescott.
2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
--Bacon.
Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.
3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. --2 Kings ii.
15.
4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
crush; to subdue.
Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
--Shak.
5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (bou), noun
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in
token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an
obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), noun [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.
b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See
{Bow}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13.
2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic
material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of
which an arrow is propelled.
3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by
doubling a ribbon or string.
4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and
fastens it to the yoke.
5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a
number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,
used in playing on a stringed instrument.
6. An arcograph.
7. (Mech. & Manuf.) 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 the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking
the sun's altitude at sea.
9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the
arched forward part of a saddletree.
{Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest
who looked after trespassers.
{Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string.
{Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which
the tones are produced by the bow.
{Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}.
{To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowing}.]
To play (music) with a bow. -- verb (used without an object) To manage the bow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), noun [Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship.
See {Bough}.]
1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the
stream or prow.
2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the
bow oar.
{Bow chaser} (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while
chasing another vessel. --Totten.
{Bow piece}, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a
ship.
{On the bow} (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within
45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
270 Moby Thesaurus words for "bow":
A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, S-curve,
Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, accost, address, angle, arc, arch,
bass, bass viol, beak, bend, bend back, bend the knee,
bend the neck, bend to, bending, bending the knee, bilge,
bite the dust, blain, bleb, blister, blob, bob, bob a curtsy,
bob down, bootlick, boss, bow, bow and scrape, bow down,
bow the head, bow to, bowing, bowing and scraping, bowsprit,
bridge, bubble, bulb, bulge, bull fiddle, bulla, bump, bunch, burl,
button, cahot, capitulate, carriage bow, catacaustic, catenary,
caustic, cave in, cello, chine, circle, clump, conchoid, condyle,
conflexure, contrabass, convex, cower, crawl, creep, cringe,
cringe to, crook, crossbow, crouch, crouch before, crowd, curl,
curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, decurve, defer, deflect,
deflection, diacaustic, dipping the colors, do homage,
do obeisance, dome, double bass, dowel, duck, ear, ellipse, embow,
embrace, fall, fall down before, fawn, festoon, fiddle, fiddlebow,
fiddlestick, figurehead, fingerboard, flange, flap, flatter,
flection, flex, flexure, forecastle, foredeck, forepeak, gall,
geanticline, genuflect, genuflection, geosyncline, gnarl, go down,
go under, greeting, grovel, hail, hairpin turn, hand-clasp, handle,
handshake, have enough, hello, hill, homage, hook, how-do-you-do,
hug, hump, hunch, hyperbola, inclination, incurvate, incurve,
inflect, inflection, jib boom, jog, joggle, kiss, kit, kit fiddle,
kit violin, kneel, kneel to, kneeling, knob, knot, knuckle,
knuckle to, knuckle under, knur, knurl, kowtow, lick the dust,
lickspittle, lip, lituus, longbow, loop, lose, lose out,
lose the day, lump, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance,
making a leg, meander, mole, mountain, nevus, nod, nose, nub,
nubbin, nubble, obeisance, obsequiousness, oxbow, papilloma,
parabola, peg, play violin, presenting arms, prore, prostration,
prow, recurve, reflect, reflection, reflex, retroflex, reverence,
rib, ridge, ring, rostrum, round, sag, salaam, salutation, salute,
saw, say uncle, scrape, scroll, servility, shoulder, sinus, smile,
smile of recognition, soundboard, spine, squat,
standing at attention, stem, stoop, string, stud, style,
submission, submissiveness, submit, succumb, supination, swag,
sweep, tab, take the count, tenor violin, toadeat, toady, tracery,
truckle, truckle to, tubercle, tubercule, tumble, tuning peg, turn,
turning, vault, verruca, vesicle, viola, violin, violinette,
violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, wale, wart,
wave, welt, wind
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bow, KY
Zip code(s): 42714
Bow, NH
Zip code(s): 03304
Bow, WA
Zip code(s): 98232
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bow
The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase
(Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for
the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so
also were the Elamites (Isa. 22:6) and the Lydians (Jer. 46:9).
The Hebrew word commonly used for bow means properly to tread (1
Chr. 5:18; 8:40), and hence it is concluded that the foot was
employed in bending the bow. Bows of steel (correctly "copper")
are mentioned (2 Sam. 22:35; Ps. 18:34).
The arrows were carried in a quiver (Gen. 27:3; Isa. 22:6;
49:2; Ps. 127:5). They were apparently sometimes shot with some
burning material attached to them (Ps. 120:4).
The bow is a symbol of victory (Ps. 7:12). It denotes also
falsehood, deceit (Ps. 64:3, 4; Hos. 7:16; Jer. 9:3).
"The use of the bow" in 2 Sam. 1:18 (A.V.) ought to be "the
song of the bow," as in the Revised Version.
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