- bowed, bowing - showing an excessively deferential manner
Antonym: domineering (indirect, via submissive)
- bow, bowing, obeisance - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
--1 is a kind of gesture, motion
--1 has particulars:curtsy, curtsey; genuflection, genuflexion; kowtow, kotow; scrape, scraping; salaam - bowing - managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
--2 is a kind of playing
--2 has particulars: spiccato, spiccato bowing
- bow, bow down - bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
--1 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun bow6
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
- submit, bow, defer, accede, give in - submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
--2 is one way to yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to somebody
- bow - bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
--3 is one way to change posture
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun bow6
Somebody ----s
- crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun bow6
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- bow - play on a string instrument
--5 is one way to play
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun bow2
Somebody ----s