'Bowing' definitions:
Definition of 'bowing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Bowing'
From: GCIDE
- Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen, Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie, bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. [1913 Webster]
- We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. [1913 Webster]
- Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. [1913 Webster]
- They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. --2 Kings ii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to crush; to subdue. [1913 Webster]
- Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bowing'
From: GCIDE
- Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing.] To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bowing'
From: GCIDE
- Bowing \Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.)
- 1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. [1913 Webster]
- Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. --J. W. Moore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bowing'
From: Easton
- Bowing a mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen. 43:28). Bowing is also frequently mentioned as an act of adoration to idols (Josh. 23:7; 2 Kings 5:18; Judg. 2:19; Isa. 44:15), and to God (Josh. 5:14; Ps. 22:29; 72:9; Micah 6:6; Ps. 95:6; Eph. 3:14).
Words containing 'Bowing'
- Bow,
- Bowed,
- Bowingly,
- On the bow,
- bow down,
- bow out,
- bowed down,
- Bow Mar,
- Bow bearer,
- Bow chaser,
- Bow compasses,
- Bow drill,
- Bow hand,
- Bow instrument,
- Bow net,
- Bow oar,
- Bow pen,
- Bow piece,
- Bow window,
- Bowing stone,
- Broken Bow,
- Drill bow,
- Fiddle bow,
- Fore bow,
- Medicine Bow,
- Sea bow,
- Silver Bow,
- Sound bow,
- To draw a bow,
- bow and arrow,
- bow leg,
- bow legs,
- bow tie,
- bow wood,
- cupid's bow,
- down-bow,
- mouth bow,
- spiccato bowing,
- take a bow,
- up-bow,
- violin bow,
- Bluff-bowed,
- Bow Mar, CO,
- Bow-bells,
- Bow-compass,
- Bow-compasses,
- Bow-pen,
- Bow-pencil,
- Bow-saw,
- Broken Bow, NE,
- Broken Bow, OK,
- Medicine Bow, WY,
- Silver Bow County,
- Silver Bow, MT,
- To draw a long bow,
- bow-tie,
- bow-wow,
- bowed stringed instrument,
- Butte-Silver Bow,
- Silver Bow County, MT,
- To have two strings to one's bow,
- Butte-Silver Bow, MT,
- arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed