bow down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
get into a prostrate position, as in submission
Types & categories
- lie down hypernym
Related & opposite
- prostration derivation
- prostration derivation
Sense 2 verb
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
He bowed before the King
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bowing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prostration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conge |