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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
bow
▪ I. bow 1 [bow bows bowed bowing] verb, noun BrE [baʊ] NAmE [baʊ]
see also ↑bow 2
verb
1. intransitive to move your head or the top half of your body forwards and downwards as a sign of respect or to say hello or goodbye
•~ (to/before sb/sth) He bowed low to the assembled crowd.
•~ down (to/before sb/sth) The people all bowed down before the Emperor.
2. transitive ~ your head to move your head forwards and downwards
•She bowed her head in shame.
•They stood in silence with their heads bowed.
3. intransitive, transitive to bend or make sth bend
•(+ adv./prep) The pines bowed in the wind.
•~ sth (+ adv./prep) Their backs were bowed under the weight of their packs.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English būgan ‘bend, stoop’ Germanic German biegen ↑bow 2 late Middle English Low German boog Dutch boeg ‘shoulder or ship's bow’ ↑bough
Example Bank:
•He swept off his hat and bowed deeply to the Queen.
•The Emperor's subjects bowed down before him.
•The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience.
Idioms: ↑bow and scrape ▪ ↑take a bow
Derived: ↑bow down to somebody ▪ ↑bow out ▪ ↑bow to something
noun
1. the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body forward in order to say hello or goodbye to sb or to show respect
•She gave a slight bow of her head in greeting.
•The messenger made a formal bow and left the room.
2. (also bowsplural)the front part of a boat or ship
compare ↑stern n.
more at a shot across the/sb's bows at ↑shot n.
Word Origin:
Old English būgan ‘bend, stoop’ Germanic German biegen ↑bow 2 late Middle English Low German boog Dutch boeg ‘shoulder or ship's bow’ ↑bough
Example Bank:
•He gave a formal bow and left the room.
•He made a deep bow to the king.
•He gave her a deep bow.
•The song ended and Albert took a bow.
•The boss takes his final bow today.
•The team's chairman takes his final bow at this match.
•The ship's name was printed on her bow.
•There were huge waves breaking over the bows.
•There's a small boat on the port bow.
•They fired a shot across our bow/bows.
•We left two men in the bow to receive the cargo.
•A huge whale crossed our bows.
▪ II. bow 2 [bow bows bowed bowing] noun, verb BrE [bəʊ] NAmE [boʊ]
see also ↑bow 1
noun
1. a weapon used for shooting arrows, consisting of a long curved piece of wood with a tight string joining its ends
•He was armed with a bow and arrow.
2. a knot with two ↑loops and two loose ends which is used for decoration on clothes, in hair, etc. or for tying shoes
•to tie your shoelaces in a bow
•Her hair was tied back in a neat bow.
•a dress decorated with bows and ribbons
3. a long thin piece of wood with thin string stretched along it, used for playing musical instruments such as the ↑violin
see have another string/more strings to your bow at ↑string n.
Word Origin:
Old English boga ‘bend, bow, arch’ Germanic Dutch boog German Bogen ↑bow 1
Example Bank:
•Can you tie a bow?
•She tied the ribbon into a neat bow.
•She drew and aimed her bow.
•She drew the bow across the strings.
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sth)
to use a ↑bow to play a musical instrument that has strings
Verb forms:
Word Origin:
Old English boga ‘bend, bow, arch’ Germanic Dutch boog German Bogen ↑bow 1
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