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Antonyms for bow
boʊbow
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
bow
In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.
Synonyms:
bend, bias, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield
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Princeton's WordNet
bow, bowknotnoun
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbownoun
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbow, fore, prow, stemnoun
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
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curtain call, arc, bowing, radical, fore, stem turn, stalk, base, obeisance, bowknot, stem, prow, root, theme, shank, root wordbownoun
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbow, arcnoun
something curved in shape
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bowing, electric discharge, discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbow, bowing, obeisancenoun
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
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obedience, bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbow, curtain callnoun
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbownoun
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbowverb
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
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bowing, arc, stem, fore, obeisance, bowknot, prow, curtain callbow, bow downverb
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
"He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
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give in, prostrate, stoop, submit, accede, bend, bow down, crouch, defersubmit, bow, defer, accede, give inverb
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
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put over, set back, put forward, buckle under, crouch, pass on, relegate, put in, resign, take, give in, state, subject, remit, acquiesce, reconcile, accede, prorogue, assent, knuckle under, put off, bend, render, defer, table, present, yield, postpone, posit, shelve, enter, hold over, succumb, bow down, stoop, submitbowverb
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
"He bowed before the King"
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give in, stoop, submit, accede, bend, bow down, crouch, defercrouch, stoop, bend, bowverb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
Synonyms:
turn, accede, scrunch up, defer, twist, bend, hunker down, condescend, bow down, hunker, stoop, deform, scrunch, flex, turn away, deflect, give in, crouch, lower oneself, squat, submitbowverb
play on a string instrument with a bow
Synonyms:
give in, stoop, submit, accede, bend, bow down, crouch, defer
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How to use bow in a sentence?
It is a campaign of fear, intimidation and misinformation, this is standard practice for The ACLU. What they hope will happen is they make these radical demands and the school board will bow to the pressure.
I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.
Let’s all bow our heads and remember this young lady and the family in the coming days ahead.
As soon as I heard it, I said, Holy - This is going to go bad, why don’t I bow out of this one.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:
If they are going to take a filibustering stance, we will not allow parliament to be jammed up and will not bow down to threats.
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