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(Q46311)(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see ''oxbow'').

(Q204948)(musical instrument) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.

(type of knot) A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.

Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.

The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.

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 hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

(saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.

The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.

Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.

To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

To become bent or curved.

To make something bend or curve.

(figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

(figurative) To humble or subdue, to make submit.

To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

To debut.

To defer (to something).

To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

(Q301897) (nautical) The front of a boat or ship. +

(rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.

(bough).

(Foods) (bao); any of several Chinese buns and breads

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