bow

1. v. t. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. Source: opted

2. v. t. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. Source: opted

3. v. t. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue. Source: opted

5. v. t. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks. Source: opted

6. v. i. To bend; to curve. Source: opted

7. v. i. To stop. Source: opted

8. v. i. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down. Source: opted

9. v. i. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

11. v. t. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. Source: opted

12. 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. Source: opted

13. v. t. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string. Source: opted

14. v. t. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke. Source: opted

15. 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. Source: opted

16. v. t. An arcograph. Source: opted

17. 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. Source: opted

18. v. t. A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea. Source: opted

19. sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree. Source: opted

20. v. i. To play (music) with a bow. Source: opted

21. v. i. To manage the bow. Source: opted

22. n. The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. Source: opted

23. n. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. Source: opted

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