Definition of Bowing

Adjective: bowing  baw-ing

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

Noun: bowing  baw-ing

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

Noun: bowing[2]  bow-ing

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

Verb: bow[2] (bowed,bowing,bows)  baw

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]

See also:
Bowiea
bowingly

Anagrams containing the word bowing

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