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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.1.3 Verb 1.1.3.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.2.3.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Antonyms 1.3.2.3 Derived terms 1.3.2.4 Translations 1.4 See also

[ English

[ Etymology 1

Old English boga, from Germanic *bugan-. Cognate with Dutch boog, German Bogen, Swedish båge.

[ Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: bō, IPA: /bəʊ/, SAMPA: /b@U/
• (US) enPR: bō, IPA: /boʊ/, SAMPA: /boU/

  Rhymes: -əʊ

Homophones: beau

[ Noun

bow (plural bows)

1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
2. A bow-shaped bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
4. A musical bow.
5. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.

[ Synonyms

• (bow-shaped bend): arc, bend, curve
• (tool for playing stringed instruments): fiddlestick

[ Derived terms

• bow and arrow
• bowman
• composite bow
• compound bow
• crossbow
• longbow
• oxbow
• rainbow
• shortbow
• bow tie

[ Translations

weapon used for shooting arrows

Albanian: hark sq(sq) m. Arabic: قَوْس (qaus) m. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Aymara: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: luk bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: лък m. CJKV Characters: 弓 Catalan: arc m. Cherokee: ᎦᏦᏗ (gatsodi) Chinese: 弓 (gōng) Min Nan: keng Choctaw: please add this translation if you can Croatian: luk hr(hr) m. Czech: luk cs(cs) m. Danish: bue da(da) c. Dutch: boog nl(nl) m. Egyptian: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: arko eo(eo) Estonian: vibu Ewe: please add this translation if you can Finnish: jousi fi(fi) French: arc fr(fr) m. Georgian: მშვილდი (mšvildi) German: Bogen de(de) m. Greek: τόξο el(el) n. (tóxo) Hebrew: קֶשֶת (keshet) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: íj hu(hu) Icelandic: bogi is(is) m. Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Isthmus Zapotec: please add this translation if you can Italian: arco it(it) m. Japanese: 弓 (ゆみ, yumi) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 활 (hwal) Kurdish: kevan ku(ku) m.

Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: arcus la(la) m. Malay: busur ms(ms) Malayalam: വില്ല് (villu) Mohawk: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: bue no(no), boge m. Ojibwe: mitigwaab Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: łuk pl(pl) m. Portuguese: arco pt(pt) m. Quechua: t'iwka Romanian: arc ro(ro) m. and f. Russian: лук (luk) m. Scottish Gaelic: bogha m., bogha-saighde m. Serbian: Cyrillic: лук m. Roman: luk m. Shawnee: please add this translation if you can Sicilian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: luk sk(sk) m. Slovene: lok sl(sl) m. Spanish: arco es(es) m. Swahili: upinde (nc 11/10), uta (nc 11/10) Swedish: båge c., pilbåge c. Tamil: வில் Telugu: విల్లు (villu), ధనుస్సు (shanussu) Thai: ศร (sŏn), ธนู (tánoo), หนังสะติ๊ก (năngsàdtík) Turkish: yay tr(tr) Ukrainian: лук uk(uk) Vietnamese: cung vi(vi) Welsh: bwa m. West Frisian: bûging fy(fy) c., bôge fy(fy) c. Yiddish: בויגן (boygn) m.

bend in a rod or planar surface

Catalan: corba Chinese: 彎曲, 弯曲 (wānqū) Danish: bue da(da) Dutch: boog nl(nl) m. Finnish: kaari fi(fi) French: arc fr(fr) m.

German: Bogen de(de) m. Hebrew: קֶשֶת (keshet) f. Icelandic: bogi is(is) m. Polish: zgięcie pl(pl) n., zagięcie pl(pl) n. Russian: излучина (izlúčina) (of a river) f. Swedish: båge c., krökning c., rundning c.

rod used for playing stringed instruments

Afrikaans: strykstok Arabic: قَوْس (qaus) m. Breton: gwareg f. Catalan: arc Chinese: 弦樂器的弓, 弦乐器的弓 (xuányuèqì de gōng) Danish: bue da(da) Dutch: strijkstok nl(nl) m. Esperanto: arĉo eo(eo) Finnish: jousi fi(fi) French: archet fr(fr) m. German: Bogen de(de) m. Hebrew: קֶשֶת (keshet) f. Hungarian: vonó Icelandic: bogi is(is) m.

Italian: arco it(it) m. Japanese: 弓 (ゆみ, yumi) Lithuanian: smičius m. Ojibwe: naazhaabike'iganaak Polish: smyczek m. Portuguese: arco pt(pt) m. Russian: смычок (smyčók) m. Scottish Gaelic: bogha m., slatag f. Slovak: sláčik m. Slovene: lok sl(sl) m. Spanish: arco es(es) m. Swedish: stråke c. Turkish: yay tr(tr) West Frisian: strykstôk

musical bow

See musical bow

type of knot with two loops

Chinese: 蝴蝶結, 蝴蝶结 (húdiéjié) Crimean Tatar: bağ, dügüm (northern dialect bav) Danish: sløjfe Finnish: rusetti, nauharuusuke German: Schleife de(de) f. Icelandic: slaufa is(is) f.

Japanese: 蝶結び (ちょうむすび, chōmusubi) Ojibwe: gashka'oojigan Polish: kokarda pl(pl) Russian: бантик (bántik) f. Spanish: lazo es(es) m. Swedish: rosett c.

[ Verb

Infinitive to bow

Third person singular bows

Simple past bowed

Past participle bowed

Present participle bowing

to bow (third-person singular simple present bows, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)

1. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.

   The musician bowed his violin expertly.

[ Translations

to play music on using a bow

Chinese traditional/simplified: 用弓拉曲, 用弓拉曲 (yòng gōng lā qǔ) Danish: bruge buen Dutch: strijken nl(nl) German: streichen de(de)

Icelandic: strjúka Japanese: ボウイングする, (bōing suru) Polish: prowadzić smyczek pl(pl)

[ Etymology 2

Old English būgan, from Germanic *beugan. Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: bou, IPA: /baʊ/, SAMPA: /baU/

  Rhymes: -aʊ

Homophones: bough

[ Noun

Singular bow

Plural bows

bow (plural bows)

1. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by bending forward at the waist.

[ Translations

gesture made by bending forward at the waist

Chinese traditional/simplified: 鞠躬, 鞠躬 (jú gōng) Danish: buk da(da) Dutch: buiging f. Finnish: kumarrus fi(fi) French: révérence fr(fr) f. German: Verbeugung de(de) f. Hebrew: קידה (qida) f. Icelandic: hneiging f.

Japanese: 辞儀 (じぎ, jigi) Malayalam: കുനിയുക (kuniyuka) Polish: ukłonić się pl(pl) Portuguese: reverência f. Russian: поклон ru(ru) (poklón) m. Serbian: naklon, pognuti, klanjati Spanish: reverencia es(es) f. Swedish: bockning c., bugning c.

[ Verb

Infinitive to bow

Third person singular bows

Simple past bowed

Past participle bowed

Present participle bowing

to bow (third-person singular simple present bows, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)

1. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.

   The shelf bowed under the weight of thee books.

2. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
3. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
4. (transitive and intransitive) To debut.

[ Translations

to become bent

Catalan: corbar-se, doblegar-se, vinclar-se, blincar-se (dialectal) Chinese traditional/simplified: 彎曲, 弯曲 (wān qū) Crimean Tatar: qambıraymaq Danish: bue da(da) Dutch: buigen nl(nl) Finnish: taipua fi(fi) French: fléchir fr(fr), courber fr(fr) German: sich biegen, sich GFDL. This site was used times.