Bow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

   “Holonym: bow and arrow”

2. isim A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
3. isim A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
4. isim A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
5. isim 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.
6. isim Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.

   “I do set my bow in the cloud.”

7. isim The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
8. isim Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.

   “[…] she kept toying with a pair of old sunglasses which lay beside her on the kitchen table. One of the bows had been mended with adhesive tape, and one of the lenses was cracked.”

9. isim 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.
10. isim A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
11. isim Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
12. isim The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
13. isim Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
14. fiil To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

    “The musician bowed his violin expertly.”

15. fiil To bend or curve, particularly downward.

    “The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.”

16. fiil To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.

    “Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.”

17. fiil To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

    “That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.”

18. fiil To debut.

    “The show bowed in the first week of December, 1951. Dinah was ready, and so were the technicians who put on her makeup […]”

19. fiil To defer (to something).

    “I bow to your better judgement in the matter.”

20. fiil To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.

    ““This way, monsieur,” he said, and led the way up the broad, marble staircase. In another moment he had opened a door, and, drawing aside a heavy curtain, obsequiously bowed Tarzan into a dimly lighted apartment. Then Jacques vanished.”

21. fiil To give up or cease resisting.

    “I'll never bow to that tyrant.”

22. isim A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

    “He made a polite bow as he entered the room.”

23. isim The front of a boat or ship.

    “Holonyms: watercraft < vessel”

24. isim The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
25. isim Obsolete spelling of bough.

    “Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.”

26. isim Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
27. fiil about to
28. ünlem Ellipsis of bow-wow
29. isim Ellipsis of bow-wow
30. fiil Ellipsis of bow-wow