Bow (b ), Clara Known as "the It Girl." 1905-1965. American actress whose roles in silent films, such as Mantrap (1926) and It (1927), made her a symbol of the Roaring Twenties. |
| bow 1 (bou) n. Nautical 1. The front section of a ship or boat. 2. The oar or the person wielding the oar closest to the bow. [Middle English boue, probably of Low German origin; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] |
| bow 2 (bou) v. bowed, bow·ing, bows v.intr. 1. To bend or curve downward; stoop. 2. To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration. 3. To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit. See Synonyms at yield. v.tr. 1. To bend (the head, knee, or body) to express greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration. 2. To convey (greeting, for example) by bending the body. 3. To escort deferentially: bowed us into the restaurant. 4. To cause to acquiesce; submit. 5. To overburden: Grief bowed them down. n. Phrasal Verb: An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration. bow out Idiom: To remove oneself; withdraw. bow and scrape To behave obsequiously. [Middle English bowen, from Old English b  gan; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] |
| bow 3 (b) n. 1. A bent, curved, or arched object. 2. A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows. 3. a. An archer. b. Archers considered as a group. 4. a. Music A rod having horsehair drawn tightly between its two raised ends, used in playing instruments of the violin and viol families. b. A stroke made by this rod. 5. A knot usually having two loops and two ends; a bowknot. 6. a. A frame for the lenses of a pair of eyeglasses. b. The part of such a frame passing over the ear. 7. A rainbow. 8. An oxbow. v. bowed, bow·ing, bows v.tr. 1. To bend (something) into the shape of a bow. 2. Music To play (a stringed instrument) with a bow. v.intr. 1. To bend into a curve or bow. 2. Music To play a stringed instrument with a bow. [Middle English bowe, from Old English boga; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Adj. | 1. | bowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner plucked - of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum |
| 2. |  bowed - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" | |
| 3. | bowed - have legs that curve outward at the knees unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" | |
| 4. | bowed - showing an excessively deferential manner submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
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