Akademik

bowing

I

noun

1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• Syn: ↑bow, ↑obeisance

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bow (for: ↑bow)

• Hypernyms: ↑reverence, ↑gesture, ↑motion

• Hyponyms:

↑genuflection, ↑genuflexion, ↑kowtow, ↑kotow, ↑scrape, ↑scraping, ↑salaam

2. managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

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the violinist's bowing was excellent

• Hypernyms: ↑playing

• Hyponyms: ↑spiccato, ↑spiccato bowing

II

adjective

showing an excessively deferential manner

• Syn: ↑bowed

• Similar to: ↑submissive

Useful english dictionary. 2012.