bow and scrape
bow and scrape · bows and scrapes · bowed and scraped · bowing and scraping
расшаркиваться
To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back, left hand pressed across the…To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
/ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/
Meaning
2 sensesTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
(broadly, idiomatic)To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
расша́ркиватьсяrasšárkivatʹsja
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner:
Forms
bows and scrapes, bowing and scraping, bowed and scraped, bowed and scraped| Base form | bow and scrape · to bow and scrape |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bows and scrapes |
| Present participle | bowing and scraping |
| Past simple | bowed and scraped |
| Past participle | bowed and scraped |
irregular
Synonyms
19 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle