Synonym: bend, kneel, stoop. Antonym: stern. Similar words: bowl, elbow. Meaning: [baʊ] 
n. 1. a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces 2. a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument 3. front part of a vessel or aircraft 4. curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows 5. something curved in shape 6. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame 7. an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience 8. a decorative interlacing of ribbons 9. a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments. v. 1. bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head 2. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion 3. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting 4. bend one's back forward from the waist on down 5. play on a string instrument.
n. 1. a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces 2. a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument 3. front part of a vessel or aircraft 4. curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows 5. something curved in shape 6. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame 7. an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience 8. a decorative interlacing of ribbons 9. a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments. v. 1. bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head 2. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion 3. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting 4. bend one's back forward from the waist on down 5. play on a string instrument. 
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181 The smallest of the palace dogs, Sleeve Pekingese, were carried in the sleeves of the rulers' silk robes, while "commoners" were expected to bow down to the dogs.
182 Predict today the city zone of before dawn make one's bow, bring the 2 precipitation to 5 millimeter, end gradually afternoon.
183 The mast, which was a solid spruce spar, bent like a bow, and for a moment I thought we were going to lose it.
184 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God?
185 The United States, he suggests, can then bow from the stage, war-drained, broken by "madhouse" politics, to become "the Yellow Man's burden."
186 What about a sparkly border, or using card stock that has a subtle shimmer? Or, use a wax seal on your envelopes in the shape of a feather[sentencedict.com], bow or the flower pattern on your wedding dress.
187 A caricatured lady might have heart - shaped eyes and Cupid's bow lips, or a dove nesting in an outlandish hat.
188 A fowler went into the woods to shoot a Ringdove with his bow and arrow, when an adder that he had trodden upon in the grass, urned and stung him.
189 "And you mother is an Indian, "said Lady Jane, drawing her bow at a venture. "
190 His recent book, Return to Titanic, includes evidence of damage caused by submersibles hitting and landing on the ship. There is a gash to the bow.
191 The women had on teensy- weensy bikinis, and one of the guys was standing on the bow, and then he jumped in the bay and swam around the boat.