Bow Definition
- curtain-call
- acknowledge applause
- feel honored
- be congratulated
- accept praise
- bow
- back bow
- crossbow
- arbalist
- arbalest
- stone-bow
- single-piece bow
- self-bow
- longbow
- union bow
- To behave obsequiously.
- to be too polite and ingratiating
- to leave or retire formally or ceremoniously
- to usher out (or in) with a bow
- to acknowledge an introduction, applause, etc. as by bowing
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bow
- bow and scrape
- bow and scrape
- bow out
- bow out (or in)
- take a bow
Origin of Bow
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From Old English būgan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English boga, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognate with West Frisian boge, Dutch boog, German Bogen, Danish bue, Swedish båge.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bowen from Old English būgan bheug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English boue probably of Low German origin bheug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English bowe from Old English boga bheug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle Dutch boech or Old Norse bógr.
From Wiktionary
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