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| n. (communication) | 1. bow, bowing, obeisance | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. |
| ~ reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). |
| ~ motion, gesture | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. |
| ~ genuflection, genuflexion | the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence. |
| ~ kotow, kowtow | a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission. |
| ~ scrape, scraping | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).; "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" |
| ~ salaam | a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation. |
| n. (act) | 2. bowing | managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument.; "the violinist's bowing was excellent" |
| ~ playing | the act of playing a musical instrument. |
| ~ spiccato, spiccato bowing | bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings. |
| adj. | 3. bowed, bowing | showing an excessively deferential manner. |
| ~ submissive | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
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