bow

noun · verb · interjectionA1

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noun

Plural noun:

bowsbaobau

1.
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
Holonym: bow and arrow
2.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
3.
(music) 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.
(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
11.
(saddlery) 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.

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verb

V_es/s

bows

V_ing/Gerund

bowing

V_ed/pp

bowed

1.
To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
The musician bowed his violin expertly.
2.
(ergative)To bend or curve, particularly downward.
The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
4.
(intransitive)To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
5.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive and intransitive) To debut.
SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
6.
(intransitive)To defer (to something).
I bow to your better judgement in the matter.
7.
(transitive)To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
8.
(auxiliary)about to
9.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of bow-wow

interjection

1.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of bow-wow

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Đồng nghĩa

stemforestemforeprow prore arc bend curvefiddlestickmusical bowbow-shaped bend arc, bend, curvetool for playing stringed instruments fiddlesticka type of stringed instrument musical bow

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stern aft poop

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. 2 cog Cognate with Booge, bôge, boog, Bogen, Bou, böga, בויגן, bue, bogi, buga, bue, boge, båge, boga.