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| bow [ bow ] |
verb (past and past participle bowed, present participle bow·ing, 3rd person present singular bows) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb bend head or body forward: to bend the head forward, or to bend forward from the waist, as a signal of respect, greeting, consent, submission, or acknowledgment
 bowing her head in shame
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2. transitive and intransitive verb bend something or droop: to bend something over so that it droops, or to be bent in this way
branches bowed down with fruit
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3. intransitive verb yield: to accept something and yield to it, often unwillingly
In the end they had to bow to the inevitable and sell their house.
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noun (plural bows) |
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bending forward of upper body: a bending forward of the upper part of the body to show respect, greeting, consent, submission, or acknowledgment
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| [ Old English būgan< Germanic, "to bend"] |
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bow and scrape to be excessively polite or attentive in an attempt to ingratiate yourself with somebody
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