Substantiv

1. 1. arc
2. 2. reverenţă
3. 3. [mar] proră
4. 4. înclinare a capului/a corpului
5. 5. [muz] arcuş de vioară
6. 6. [constr] arc
7. 7. nod de cravată
8. 8. nod [de panglică]
9. 9. nod
10. 10. fundă
11. 11. rozetă
12. 12. coarda de arc
13. 13. lătrat
14. 14. armă [arg]
15. 15. cârnat [arg]

Verb intranzitiv

1. 16. a se pleca
2. 17. a înclina din cap

Verb tranzitiv

1. 18. a pleca
2. 19. a înclina [capul]
3. 20. a înclina [spinarea]
4. 21. a se supune cuiva
5. 22. a lătra

Expresii

1. 23. to bow to smb = a saluta pe cineva [cu o înclinare a capului]
2. 24. to bow [down] to/before smb = a se pleca înaintea cuiva
3. 25. to draw a bow at a venture = a trage cu arcul pe nimerite
4. 26. to draw a bow at a venture [fig] = a spune sau a face ceva într-o doară
5. 27. to make a bow = a face o plecăciune
6. 28. to draw the long bow = a face din ţânţar armăsar
7. 29. to make one's bow = a se retrage
8. 30. to return a bow = a da din cap răspunzând la un salut
9. 31. to tie in a bow = a lega cu un nod/a face un nod
10. 32. to bow down somebody's will = a înfrânge voinţa cuiva

Explicatie DEX:

• BOW [BOW], to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
• BOW [BOW], to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable.
• BOW [BOW], to bend or curve downward; stoop: the pines bowed low.
• BOW [BOW], to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, agreement, etc.: He bowed his head to the crowd.
• BOW [BOW], to cause to submit; subdue; crush.
• BOW [BOW], to cause to stoop or incline: Age had bowed his head.
• BOW [BOW], to express by a bow: to bow one's thanks.
• BOW [BOW], to usher (someone) with a bow (usually followed by in, out, etc.): They were bowed in by the footman.
• BOW [BOW], to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
• BOW [BOW], an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.