bowing
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greetingThe act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
The courtier had practiced his bowing.
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
(countable, uncountable)A bending.
The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf.
(countable, uncountable)A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: bowingsSynonyms
2 synonyms- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting:bow-nobeisance
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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