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A firm branch of a tree.
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When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.
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The gallows.
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A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
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A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
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A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
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A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
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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.
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Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
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The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
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Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
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Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
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A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
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(saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
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The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
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To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
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The musician bowed his violin expertly.
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To become bent or curved.
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The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
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To make something bend or curve.
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To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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To premiere.
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Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
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A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
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He made a polite bow as he entered the room.
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To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
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That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
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To debut.
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To defer (to something).
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I bow to your better judgement in the matter.
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To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
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The front of a boat or ship.
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The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
Examples of bows in a Sentence
The " bows " were grouped in tens and hundreds.
They also make wooden gongs, or drums. They used to make wooden fishhooks, clubs, spears and bows.
It is further said that in some cases at least the English vessels were "bearded," that is to say, strengthened by iron bands across the bows for ramming, and that they sank many of the French.
The two diagrams are portions of reciprocal figures, so that Bows notation is applicable.
Finding it impossible to make himself fairly heard in the matter, Corneille (who had retired from his position among the "five poets") withdrew to Rouen and passed nearly three years in quiet there, perhaps revolving the opinions afterwards expressed in his three Discours and in the Examens of his plays, where he bows, somewhat as in the house of Rimmon, to "the rules."
So too when the reflection is made that scepticism is after all a medicine that purges out itself with the disease, the disciple of Pyrrho and Aenesidemus bows and says, Precisely!
They are mostly gregarious, and the agility and grace of their movements in the water are themes of admiration to the spectators when a "school of porpoises" is playing round the bows of a vessel at sea.
This visit had the effect of causing Ito to turn his attention seriously to the study of the British and of other military systems. As a result he persuaded Choshu to remodel his army, and to exchange the bows and arrows of his men for guns and rifles.
Thus we hear of abbots going out to sport, with their men carrying bows and arrows; keeping horses, dogs and huntsmen; and special mention is made of an abbot of Leicester, c. 1360, who was the most skilled of all the nobility in harehunting.
They are a shy, harmless, simple folk, living chiefly by hunting; they lime birds, catch fish by poisoning the water, and are skilled in getting wild honey; they have bows with iron-pointed arrows and breed hunting dogs.
The mob strung their bows, and were about to shoot down the king and his suite.
It is also used for preparing shoemaker's wax, as a flux for soldering metals, for pitching lager beer casks, for rosining the bows of musical instruments and numerous minor purposes.
It may be interesting to mention that Lapps, armed with bows and arrows, were attached to certain regiments of Gustavus Adolphus in Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
Their catechumens put them off with the answer that the drawn bows of the heavenly bodies gave them their round appearance.
The Red Men accounted to the Jesuits for the spherical forms of sun and moon by saying that their appearance was caused by their bended bows.
These are distinguished by circular huts with domed or conical roofs; clothing of skin or leather; occasional chipping or extraction of lower incisors; spears as the principal weapons, bows, where found, with a sinew cord, shields of hide or leather; religion, ancestor-worship with belief in the power of the magicians as rain-makers.
He's not someone who bows to others, and a blood-bond is pretty serious, considering you were already mates.
Such bows could shoot an arrow over a hundred meters.
The packed auditorium, filled with people of all ages, called the cast back for three bows at the end with rigorous applause.
She was thrown bodily into the air and landed on her back against the buoyancy tube in the bows of the boat.
There is a range of bows to suit, both right and left handed, traditional recurve long bows and modern compound bows.
By rice and satin bows does mere man become aware of weddings.
We then wrap such gifts with clear, crisp cellophane and use ribbons, bows, etc. to finish the wrapping.
We swam over several hold coamings, before moving up to the distinctive bows.
Guitar bows and pigeon coos and where is the lowest level of fondness and longing and sorrow in a house?
The two larger figures had hand bows and the four smaller ones had crossbows.
Her dress and bag are decorated with cream satin bows and she has a pink rosebud and satin bow in her hair.
A battery of machine guns in the bows was protected by sandbags.
The costumes had a few more sequins added and even bigger bows so that they stood out in the huge arena.
The black pair are made from velvet and have a patent leather toecap and fasten with black silk bows.
He regards the Australians as representing the lowest and most primitive examples of this primitive Caucasic type, and he urges that they must have arrived in Australia at a time when their ancestors had no pottery, knew no agriculture, domesticated no animals, had no houses and used no bows and arrows.
The bows assume the form of concentric circular arcs, having their common centre on the line joining the eye of the observer to the sun.
They pray inwardly at all times; on fixed days they assemble for prayer-meetings, at which they greet each other fraternally with low bows, thereby acknowledging every man as a bearer of the Divine Spirit.
The chariot was drawn on this occasion by the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger, who were decorated with immense pink and blue bows.
They kissed everyone, the tutors and governesses made their bows, and they went out.
They arrived in smallish outboard motor-driven boats with rakish bows, called pirogues, 4 men to a boat.
We know this from the three widely spaced colored supernumerary bows.
Tie bows on the four corners to accent the bed.
Ribbons and Bows Basket-Choose a beautiful basket, and decorate it with an assortment of ribbons and bows that can be used in baby's hair as she grows.
Fill each of the bottles with lotion, and decorate the bottles with acrylic paint or ribbons and bows.
Then, add ribbons, balloons, confetti, bows, flowers, and small plastic baby toys to accessorize.
You can purchase pink lions and tigers with polka dots and bows.
For some parents, finding baby girl hair bows begins during pregnancy.
You've probably dreamed about dressing your daughter in dainty outfits with socks, shoes, and bows to match.
Other hair bows for baby girls include the more traditional bows that can be fastened to baby's hair with elastic bands, barrettes, and even Velcro.
Again, you can make your own bows and glue or attach the bows to the barrette, Velcro, or band by using hot glue or thread.
For more detailed instructions on how to create a hair bows for baby girls, click here.
A new baby girl is tiny and sweet; bring bows for her hair or pink socks for her feet.
You can choose to tie one or several bows around the stems.
Pin or tape small baby items like pacifiers and rattles, or festive bows or balloons, to the cake and add some curling ribbon to add color.