bowing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
showing an excessively deferential manner
Related & opposite
- submissive similar to
Sense 3 noun
managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
the violinist's bowing was excellent
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverence |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genuflection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kowtow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salaam |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | submissive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiccato |