Found 4 items, similar to Bowing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: bow
busur
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bow
dasi, haluan kapal, membengkokkan, membentur, pengesek biola, pita, ruku'
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bowing
bowing
adj : showing an excessively deferential manner [syn:
bowed]
n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame [syn:
bow,
obeisance]
2: managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument;
“the
violinist's bowing was excellent”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bowing
Bowing
\Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.)
1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed
instruments.
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Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of
the violinist, the violist, etc. --J. W. Moore.
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2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and
distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare
it for felting.
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Bow
\Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf.
Fugitive.]
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1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
their natural straightness. --Milton.
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The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
of tyranny. --Prescott.
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2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
--Bacon.
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Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.
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3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
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They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. --2 Kings ii.
15.
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4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
crush; to subdue.
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Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
--Shak.
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5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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Bow
\Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.]
To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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