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Wiktionary 
- bowings (Noun)
Plural of bowing.
Part of speech
🔤- bowings, noun, plural of bowing.
WordNet
NounPlural: bowings |
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| bowing - managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent" | ||
| playing the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation | ||
| bowing - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | ||
| bow, obeisance | ||
| reverence an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) | ||
| gesture, motion motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | ||
| genuflection, genuflexion the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | ||
| kotow, kowtow a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | ||
| scraping, scrape (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bow - bowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bow - bowing (n.)
The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. - bowing (n.)
In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bowing
An injury done to yards by too much topping, and letting their weights hang by the lifts. The state of a top-sail yard when it arches in the centre from hoisting it too tautly. Also of the mast when it bellies or is crippled by injudiciously setting up the rigging too taut.
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Bowing means: taking a bow. A bow is when a person bends their body forward from the waist in order to greet someone or show respect for them. A bow is sometimes not much more than a quick nod of the head, but it can be a very deep bow from the waist. The exact way to bow and the situations in which people bow vary enormously between different cultures.
Bowing was originally a gesture (a movement of the body) which showed deep respect for someone. In European cultures bowing to someone is now only done in very formal situations, e.g. when meeting the Queen or someone very high and important.
In European history bowing was common at royal courts. Men were expected to "bow and scrape". This meant bowing and at the same time drawing back the right leg so that it scraped the floor. The man would hold his left hand over his waist while doing this. This is why we still talk about "bowing and scraping" meaning that someone is trying very hard and hypocritically to be unnecessarily polite. This kind of deep bow, which is never used nowadays, is sometimes called a “reverence” (a word meaning: “deep respect”).
Bowing was only done by men. Women would always curtsey to show respect.
Nowadays bowing in European cultures is mostly seen at performances. When people applaud (clap their hands) after a performance such as a concert on in the theatre the performer will take a bow. This is like saying “thank you” to the audience for saying “thank you” by clapping. Both men and women performers
