Bow
nounid
15602·updated May 16, 2026“Bow” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- §2
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands
- §3
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- §4
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- §5
- a knot with two loops and loose ends
- §6
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- §7
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- §8
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- §9
- something curved in shape
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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