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English adjective: bowing | |||
| 1. | bowing showing an excessively deferential manner | ||
| Synonyms | bowed | ||
| Similar | submissive | ||
| Antonyms | domineering | ||
English noun: bowing | |||
| 1. | bowing (communication) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | ||
| Synonyms | bow, obeisance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gesture, motion, reverence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | genuflection, genuflexion, kotow, kowtow, salaam, scrape, scraping | ||
| 2. | bowing (act) managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument | ||
| Samples | The violinist's bowing was excellent. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | spiccato, spiccato bowing | ||
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