bow

bow

bow (third-person singular simple present bows, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)

1. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.

   The musician bowed his violin expertly.

2. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.

   The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.

3. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.

bow (plural bows)

1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
2. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
4. A stringed instrument, similar to the item described above.
5. 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.

	arco
	rod used for playing stringed instruments
	weapon used for shooting arrows
	A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

	prua
	front of a boat or ship

archetto

	curvare
	to bend a thing

	curvarsi
	to become bent

	inchinarsi
	to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference

	piegare
	to bend a thing

	curvatura
	The distance from the midpoint of a circular arc to the midpoint of the arc's chord.

	fiocco
	type of knot with two loops

	inchino
	gesture made by bending forward at the waist

	prora
	front of a boat or ship

abbassare

arcobaleno

arcuare

bow

cappio

chinare

chinarsi

curva

flettere

groviglio

inchinare

inclinare

inclinarsi

nodo

piegarsi

Altri significati:

bow (salute, greeting)

bow (in skiing)

To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.

bow (weapon)

to play music on using a bow

A debut

bow(s)

A stringed instrument, similar to the item described above.

(transitive) To make something bend or curve.

(intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

bend in a rod or planar surface

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by bending forward at the waist.

(intransitive) To defer (to something).

(to) bow

(intransitive) To become bent or curved.

bow (and arrow)

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

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.

bow (of boat)

(transitive and intransitive) To debut.

A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

Traduzione 'veloce'

Il nostro dizionario è liberamente ispirato al wikidizionario .... The online encyclopedia in which any reasonable person can join us in writing and editing entries on any encyclopedic topic