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bowing

 
Adjective bowing has 1 sense
  1. bowed, bowing - showing an excessively deferential manner
    Antonym: domineering (indirect, via submissive)
Noun bowing has 2 senses
  1. bow, bowing, obeisance - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
    --1 is a kind of gesture, motion
    --1 has particulars:
     curtsy, curtsey; genuflection, genuflexion; kowtow, kotow; scrape, scraping; salaam
  2. bowing - managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
    --2 is a kind of
    playing
    --2 has particulars: spiccato, spiccato bowing
Verb bow has 5 senses
  1. bow, bow down - bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
    --1 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
    Derived form: noun bow6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s to somebody
  2. submit, bow, defer, accede, give in - submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
    --2 is one way to yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s to somebody
  3. bow - bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
    --3 is one way to
    change posture
    Derived form: noun bow6
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
    --4 is one way to bend, flex
    Derived form: noun bow6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  5. bow - play on a string instrument
    --5 is one way to
    play
    Derived form: noun bow2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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