[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.", "to yield; submit :to bow to the inevitable.Synonyms: capitulate , comply , acquiesce , defer , accede , surrender", "to bend or curve downward; stoop :the pines bowed low."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, agreement, etc.:He bowed his head to the crowd.", "to cause to submit; subdue ; crush .", "to cause to stoop or incline:Age had bowed his head.", "to express by a bow:to bow one's thanks.", "to usher (someone) with a bow (usually followed byin, out,etc.):They were bowed in by the footman.", "to cause to bend; make curved or crooked."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to resign a position or withdraw from a job, competition, obligation, etc.:He bowed out after two terms as governor."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows:He drew the bow and sent the arrow to its target.", "an instrument resembling this, used for various purposes, as rotating a drill or spindle, or loosening entangled or matted fibers.", "a bend or curve.", "Also called bowknot .a looped knot composed of two or more loops and two ends, as for tying together the ends of a ribbon or string.", "any separate piece of looped, knotted, or shaped gathering of ribbon, cloth, paper, etc., used as a decoration, as on a package, dress, or the like.", "a long rod, originally curved but now nearly straight, with horsehairs stretched from one end to the other, used for playing on a musical instrument of the violin and viol families.", "a single movement of such a device over the strings of a violin, viol, or the like.", "bow tie(def1) bow tie(def1).", "something curved or arc-shaped.", "a saddlebow.", "an archer; bowman :He is the best bow in the county.", "temple2(def3) temple2(def3).", "a U-shaped piece for placing under an 's neck to hold a yoke.", "Building Trades.a flexible rod used for laying out large curves.", "the part of a key grasped by the fingers.", "the loop on the stem of a watch by which the watch is attached to a chain or the like.", "a rainbow."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["curved outward at the center; bent :bow legs."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to bend into the form of a bow; curve .", "Music.to perform by means of a bow upon a stringed instrument.", "Textiles Obsolete.to loosen by passing a vibrating bow among entangled fibers."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Nautical, Aeronautics.the forward end of a vessel or airship.either side of this forward end, especially with reference to the direction of a distant object:a mooring two points off the port bow.", "the forward end of a vessel or airship.", "either side of this forward end, especially with reference to the direction of a distant object:a mooring two points off the port bow.", "bows,Nautical.the exterior of the forward end of a vessel, especially one in which the hull slopes back on both sides of the stem.", "the foremost oar in rowing a boat.", "Also called bowman , bow oar bow oar.the person who pulls the foremost oar."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of or relating to the bow of a ship."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Clara,1905–65,U.S. film actress: known as the “It Girl.”"]}]