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Bow
English
Pronunciation
SAMPA: /b@U/
Noun
bow (bows )
- A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- A bend in a rod or planar surface.
- A curved stick with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed instruments.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces, apron strings, etc.
Related terms
Translations
- Breton: gwareg f (1,3)
- Chinese Characters: 弓
- Chinese: 弓
- Czech: luk m (1)
- Danish: bue c, flitsbue c
- Dutch: boog m (1, 2), strijkstok (3)
- Finnish: jousi (1, 3)
- French: arc m
- Frisian: bôge (1, 2), strykstôk (3)
- German: Bogen m
- Greek:τόξο n
- Italian: arco m
- Japanese: 弓 (ゆみ , yumi)
- Lithuanian: lankas m (1); smičius m (3)
- Polish: łuk m (1), wygięcie n (2), smyczek m (3)
- Russian: лук m (1; luk)
- Slovak: luk m (1), sláčik m (3)
- Swedish: pilbåge c (1), båge c (1,2), stråke (3)
Intransitive verb
to bow (bows , bowed , bowing )
- To bend (the shelf bowed under the weight of the books).
Translations
- Dutch: buigen
- Frisian: bûge
- German: sich biegen, sich verbiegen
- Polish: wyginać się imperf, wygiąć się perf
- Swedish: bågna
Pronunciation
SAMPA: /baU/
Noun
bow (bows )
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by bending forward at the waist.
- The front of a boat or ship; opposite of stern
Translations
- Dutch: buiging f (1), boeg m (2)
- Frisian: bûging , boech
- German: Verbeugung f (1), Bug m (2)
- Polish: ukłon m (1), dziób m (2)
- Swedish: bugning c (1), bockning c (1), bog c (2)
Intransitive verb
to bow (bows , bowed , bowing )
- To perform a bow.
Translations
- Dutch: een buiging maken
- Frisian: in bûging meitsjen
- German: sich verbeugen
- Polish: kłaniać się imperf, skłonić się perf
- Swedish: buga sig , bocka
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