Look up: Bow

1. Bow
   A bow is a weapon for propelling arrows. It is made of a strip of flexible wood and a cord.
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2. Bow
   Bow is a town in Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA.
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3. bow
   [n] - something curved in shape 2. [n] - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame 3. [n] - an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience 4. [n] - a decorative interlacing of ribbons 5. [n] - a knot with two loops and loose ends 6. [n] - front part of a vessel or aircraft 7. [n] - curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows 8. [n] - a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument 9. [n] - a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments 10. [v] - bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting 11. [v] - play on a string instrument 12. [v] - bend one`s knee or body, or lower one`s head
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4. Bow
   The loop for attachment to a chain, mounted on the pendant of a watch case.   The bow is often an approximate guide to the date of the watch;  various ornamental shapes were used from about 1680 to 1820, after which a plain circular bow was generally adopted.
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5. Bow
   The front section of a ship or boat.
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6. Bow
   A projectile weapon used to shoot arrows. There are numerous bow designs, the three most common being; Long bow, Recurve and Compound. Basically a long thin strip of wood or other material with a string between each end.
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7. Bow
   (Rhymes with cow.) The forward part of a boat.
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8. Bow
   The front end of a boat.
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9. Bow
   the front of the boat
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10. bow
    a rod with horsehair stretched between its ends,used for playing the violin,etc. Category: General • the contact strips of a pantograph including,if necessary,the pivots and springs Category: Electrical engineering and energy • The extreme forward portion of a ship`s structure. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • nose of air…
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11. Bow
    A curve, bend, warping or other deviation from flatness in glass or wood.
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12. Bow
    With CHELSEA, one of the first soft-paste porcelain producers in Britain. It was the largest of the 18thC English porcelain factories, and made a broader range of products for a wider market than Chelsea. Bow was founded in the East end of London by Irish painter Thomas Frye in 1744. Soft-paste procelain was produced in 1748, introducing the use of …
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13. Bow
    Bow (bou) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bowed ; present participle & verbal noun Bowing .] [ Middle English bowen , bogen , bugen , Anglo-Saxon būgan (generally intransitive verb ); akin to Dutch buigen , Old High German biogan , German biegen , beugen …
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14. Bow
    Bow (bou) intransitive verb 1. To bend; to curve. [ Obsolete] 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. …
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15. 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.
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16. Bow
    Bow (bō) noun [ Middle English bowe , boge , Anglo-Saxon boga , from Anglo-Saxon būgan to bend; akin to Dutch boog , German bogen , Icelandic bogi . See Bow , transitive verb ] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. « I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix …
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17. Bow
    Bow (bō) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bowed ; present participle & verbal noun Bowing .] To play (music) with a bow. -- intransitive verb To manage the bow.
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18. Bow
    Bow (bō) noun [ Icelandic bōgr shoulder, bow of a ship. See Bough .] 1. (Nautical) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. 2. (Nautical) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. Bow chaser (Nautical) , a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. Totten. …
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19. bow
    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; …
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20. bow
    curtain call noun an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
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21. bow
    noun a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument
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22. bow
    noun something curved in shape
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23. bow
    bow down verb bend one`s knee or body, or lower one`s head; `He bowed before the King`; `She bowed her head in shame`
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24. bow
    verb play on a string instrument
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25. bow
    verb bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; `He bowed before the King`
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