Unscramble bowing

Definition of bowing

adjective:

• showing an excessively deferential manner. Synonyms: bowed.

noun:

• bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. Synonyms: bow, obeisance.
• managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent".

verb:

• bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King", "She bowed her head in shame". Synonyms: bow, bow down.
• yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure". Synonyms: accede, bow, defer, give in, submit.
• bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King". Synonyms: bow.
• bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down", "She bowed before the Queen", "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse". Synonyms: bend, bow, crouch, stoop.
• play on a string instrument with a bow. Synonyms: bow.

Related words

conge, congee, cower, curtsey, curtsy, genuflect, genuflection, genuflexion, huddle, kotow, kowtow, salaam, scrape, scraping, spiccato, squinch.

Words nearby

blowing, boding, boring, bowling, boxing, owing, rowing.

Rhymes with

blowing, crowing, easygoing, flowing, foregoing, forgoing, glowing, going, growing, knowing, owing, rowing, sewing, showing, slowing, unknowing.