bow
n//baʊ//bugning, bockning, bog, för, stäv, rosett, båge, pilbåge, krökning, rundning, stråke, bocka, buga, bågna, böja, böjas, krokna, kröka
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
(musical instrument) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
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.
(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.