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Cupid's bow

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Cu·pid's bow  (kypdz b)
n. pl. Cupid's bows
An archery bow that curves inward at the center and usually outward at the ends.

Cupid's bow
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
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Noun1.Cupid's bowCupid's bow - the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow
curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
2.Cupid's bow - a curved bow with reversed curve ends
bow - a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow


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Joan decided that she had been helped to identify the accent by the short German-looking moustache that did not conceal the mouth and its full red lips, which would have formed a Cupid's bow but for some harshness or severity of spirit that had moulded them masculinely.
Her features are like sculptured marble and her mouth is a trembling, curving Cupid's bow.
 
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