Bow

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1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related terms 2.2 Translations 3 Intransitive verb 3.3 Translations 4 Pronunciation 5 Noun 5.4 Translations 6 Intransitive verb 6.5 Translations

Pronunciation

SAMPA: /b@U/

Noun

1. A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
2. A bend in a rod or planar surface.
3. A curved stick with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed instruments.
4. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces, apron strings, etc.

• Breton: gwareg f (1,3)
• Chinese Characters: 弓
• Chinese: 弓
• Dutch: boog m (1,2), strijkstok (3)
• Frisian: bôge (1,2), strykstôk (3)
• German: Bogen m
• Polish: łuk m (1), wygięcie n (2), smyczek m (3)

• Dutch: buigen
• Frisian: bûge
• German: sich biegen, sich verbiegen
• Polish: wyginać się imperf, wygiąć się perf

Noun

1. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by bending forward at the waist.
2. The front of a boat or ship.

• Dutch: buiging f (1), boeg m (2)
• Frisian: bûging, boech
• German: Verbeugung f (1), Bug m (2)
• Polish: ukłon m (1), dziób m (2)