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Bowing   /bˈoʊɪŋ/  /bˈaʊɪŋ/   Listen
Bowing

noun
1.
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting.  Synonyms: bow, obeisance.
2.
Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument.
adjective
1.
Showing an excessively deferential manner.  Synonym: bowed.


Bow

verb
(past & past part. bowed; pres. part. bowing)
1.
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head.  Synonym: bow down.  "She bowed her head in shame"
2.
Yield to another's wish or opinion.  Synonyms: accede, defer, give in, submit.
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.  Synonyms: bend, crouch, stoop.  "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
5.
Play on a string instrument with a bow.



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"Bowing" Quotes from Famous Books



... pretended that the lost stanzas have been recovered, I have no more doubt that they are spurious than that I did not write them myself: I will not dwell upon this subject, but only mention that it is quite impossible Collins could write "Fate gave the fatal blow," and "bowing to Freedom's yoke;" and such ...
— The Poetical Works of William Collins - With a Memoir • William Collins
... ward against a guardian. And I—I saw him only day before yesterday for the first time. What can I know about him? I've no experience in reading characters of men. The dear old Abbe and a few masters in the school are the only ones I have a bowing acquaintance with—except "Sissy" Williams, who doesn't count. It's dangerous to trust to one's instincts, no doubt, for it's so difficult to be sure a wish isn't disguising itself as instinct, in rouge and a ...
— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
... he said, bowing low. "I let Miguel and your honorable friend go. I send safe escort ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... self-control gave way. She broke down utterly, and, bowing her head in her hands on the desk, burst forth into a passion ...
— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille
... as sling-stones on Pausanias and his ill-starred following. The Magi had sacrificed a stallion, and reported that the holy fire gave every favouring sign. Mardonius went from his tent, all his eunuchs bowing their foreheads to the earth and chorussing, "Victory to our Lord, to ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis


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