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1. Showing an excessively deferential manner
   - bowed[2]

1. Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
   - bow[2], obeisance

1. Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
   "the violinist's bowing[2] was excellent"

1. Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
   "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"; "He bowed down before the King";
   - bow down
    
2. Yield to another's wish or opinion
   "The government bowed to the military pressure";
   - submit, defer, accede, give in
    
3. Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
   "He bow[2]ed before the King"
    
4. Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
   "She bowed before the Queen";
   - crouch, stoop, bend, scrooch [US]

Derived forms: bowings

See also: bow down, submissive

Type of: bend, buckle under, change posture, flex, gesticulate, gesture, give in, knuckle under, motion, playing, reverence, succumb, yield

Encyclopedia: Bowing