bowing

Pronunciation:		'bowing
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Matching Terms:		bowingly
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent" [n] bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame [adj] showing an excessively deferential manner

	Synonyms:	bow, bowed, obeisance, submissive

	See Also:	curtsey, curtsy, genuflection, genuflexion, gesture, kotow, kowtow, motion, playing, salaam, scrape, scraping, spiccato, spiccato bowing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.) 1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. --J. W. Moore. 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.

Dream Dictionary

	Definition:	Dreaming that you are bowing, symbolizes respect, honor, humility, and reverence. You need to be more submissive to another's wishes.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	a mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen. 43:28). Bowing is also frequently mentioned as an act of adoration to idols (Josh. 23:7; 2 Kings 5:18; Judg. 2:19; Isa. 44:15), and to God (Josh. 5:14; Ps. 22:29; 72:9; Micah 6:6; Ps. 95:6; Eph. 3:14).