bow

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.

   Holonym: bow and arrow

   Bogen, Bogn

   лукluk

   лукluk

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

   Bogen, Bogn

   излу́чинаizlúčina, изги́бizgíb

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

4. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.

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.

   Schleife

   ба́нтикbántik, бантbant, ба́бочкаbábočka

6. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.

7. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

8. Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.

9. 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. A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

11. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.

12. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.

1. He bowed to me as he passed by.

   Проходячи повз, він кивнув мені.

   ruПроходя мимо, он кивнул мне.

   deEr verneigte sich im Vorübergehen vor mir.

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2. The girl made an awkward bow.

   deDas Mädchen machte eine ungeschickte Verbeugung.

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3. Stand up and take a bow.

   ruВстань и поклонись.

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4. Do you ever wear a bow tie?

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5. I've forgotten how to tie a bow tie.

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