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SHOULD BE A EASY ONE,CONTAINS TWO COINS,TWO BUGS,EMPTY CAMOED FILM CONTAINER,NANO CAMOED,TWO LITHIUM FOR THE UNEMPLOYED,AND SOME OTHER SWAG.
bow
[bou]
-verb ( used without object)
1.to bend the knee or body or incline the head,as in reverence,submission,salutation,or acknowlegment.
2. to yeild:submit: to bow to the inevitable.
3. to bend or curve downward;stoop: the pines bowed low.
-verb (used with object)
4. to bend or incline(the knee,body,or head) in worship,submission,respect,civility,agreement,: He bowed his head to th crowd.
5. to cause to submit;subdue;crush.
6. to cause to stoop or incline:Are had bowed his head.
7. to express by a bow:to bow ones thanks.
8. to usher(someone)with a bow (usually follow by in,out,ect.):They were bowed in by the usher.
9. to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
-noun
10. inclination ofthe head or body in salutation,assent,thanks,reverence,respect,submission,ect.
-Verb phrase
11. bow out,to resign a position or withdraw from a job,competition,obligation,ect.:He bowed out after two terms as governor.
-Idioms
12. bow and scrape,to be excessively polite or deferential.
13.make one's bow,to appear publicly for the first time,as a preformer,politician,ect.:The young pianist made her bow last night to an appreciative audiance.
14. take a bow,to step foward or stand up in order to receive recognition,applause,ect.:The conducter had the soloist take a bow.
Origin
before 900; middle english
-Can be confused bode,bowed.
bow
[boh]
-noun
1. aflexible strip ofwood or other material,bent by a string streched between its ends,for shooting arrows; He drew the bow and sent the arrow to its target.
2. an instrument resembling this,used for various purposes,as rotating a drill or spindle,or loosening entangled or matted fibers.
3. a bend or curve.
4. Also called a bow knot,a looped knot composedof two or more loops and two ends,as for tying together the ends of a ribbon or string.
5. any separate piece of looped,knotted,or shaped gathering of ribbon,cloth,paper,ect,used as a decoration,as on package,dress,or the like.
6. a long rod,originally curved but now nearly straight,with horsehairs streched from one end to the other,used for playing on a musical instrument of the violin and viol families.
7. a single movement of such a device over the strings of a violin,viol,or the like.
8. bow tie.
9.something curved orarc-shaped.
10. a saddlebow.
11. an archer;bowman:He is the best bowman in the country.
12. temple.
13. a U-shaped piece for placing under an animals neck to hold a yoke.
14. Building Trades, a flexible rod used for laying out large curves.
15. the part of the key grasped by the fingers.
16. the loop on the stem of a watch by which the watch is attached to a chain or the like.
17. a rainbow.
-adjective
18. curved outward at the center;bent:bow legs.
-verb
19. to bend into the form of a bow; curve.
20. Music, to preform by means of a bow upon a stringed instrument.
21. Textiles Obsolete, to loosen by passing a vibrating bow among entangled fibers.
bow
[bou]
-noun
1. Nautical,Aeronautics.
a. the forward end of a vessel or airship.
b. either side or this forward end,especially with reference to the direction of a distant object:a mooring two points off the port bow.
2. bows,nautical. the exterior of the forward end of a vessel,especially one in which the hull slopes back on both sides of the stem.
3. the foremost oar in a rowing boat.
4. Also called bowman,the boat oar. the person who pulls the oars.
5. of or pertaining to the bow of a ship.
-Idioms
6. bows on,(of a ship) with the bow foremost:The vessel approached us on the bows.
7. bows under,(of a ship) The ship was bows under during most of the storm.
8. on the bow,Nautical. within 45* to the heading of the vessel.
Origin
1620-30 Low German boog(noun) or Dutch boeg or Danish bov
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