Bow

1. An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.
2. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
3. To manage the bow.
4. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
5. To bend; to curve.
6. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
7. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
8. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
9. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
10. The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
11. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
12. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
13. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
14. To play (music) with a bow.
15. A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
16. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
17. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
18. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.
19. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
20. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.
21. An arcograph.
22. An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
23. To stop.