Word Meaning

bow definition and meaning

v. t. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
v. t. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
v. t. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
v. t. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
v. t. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
v. i. To bend; to curve.
v. i. To stop.
v. i. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.
v. i. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
n. 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.
v. t. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
v. t. 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.
v. t. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
v. t. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
v. t. 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.
v. t. An arcograph.
v. t. 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.
v. t. A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
v. i. To play (music) with a bow.
v. i. To manage the bow.
n. The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
n. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

Crossword clues for bow

- Archer’s equipment
- Bend
- Curtsy
- Display obeisance
- Front end of a ship
- Front of boat, on water
- It is seen after rain, but only after rain
- Prow
- ship's forepart
- Tied ribbon on front of boat
- What archer and fiddler need to kowtow
- you may take one