bowing

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bowing

/ˈbaʊɪŋ/
/ˈboʊɪŋ/ US
/ˈbəʊɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)

noun bowings

countable, uncountable The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting. The courtier had practiced his bowing.
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. The bowing arm, the fingers on the strings, and then the violin itself polished brown, and the soloist's chin pillowed on it.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: obeisance, submissive, surrendering, yielding, giving, ceding, inclining, stooping, nodding, curving, bending, dipping, bobbing, flexing, saluting, arching

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noun the act of bending as a sign of respect

Español	prosternación, inclinación
Português	reverência

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@misc{bowing_2026,
  title = {bowing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}