Crossword-Solution: BOW 3 letters, 421 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Bow v. t. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect;
to make crooked or curved.
Bow v. t. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
Bow v. t. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
Bow v. t. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to
crush; to subdue.
Bow v. t. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
Bow v. i. To bend; to curve.
Bow v. i. To stop.
Bow v. i. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or
submission; -- often with down.
Bow v. i. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or
assent; to make bow.
Bow n. An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token
of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow
of deep humility.
Bow v. t. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
Bow v. t. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic
material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an
arrow is propelled.
Bow v. t. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by
doubling a ribbon or string.
Bow v. t. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and
fastens it to the yoke.
Bow v. t. An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of
horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a
stringed instrument.
Bow v. t. An arcograph.
Bow v. t. 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 the hair, fur, etc., used by
hatters.
Bow v. t. A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's
altitude at sea.
Bow sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward
part of a saddletree.
Bow v. i. To play (music) with a bow.
Bow v. i. To manage the bow.
Bow n. The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or
prow.
Bow n. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

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BOW anagram WBO

We have 421 clues for the answer “BOW”

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"I'm flying!" locale in "Titanic" 1 answer
"It" girl, Clara 1 answer
"The Hunger Games" prop 1 answer
A violinist might use one or take one 1 answer
A violinist uses one and takes one 1 answer
Accept the ovation 1 answer
Acknowledge an ovation 1 answer
Acknowledge the audience 1 answer
Actress Clara 1 answer
Alberta river 1 answer
Archer's implement 1 answer
Archer's item 1 answer
Archery device 1 answer
Archery essential 1 answer
Arrow partner 1 answer
Arrow twanger 1 answer
Arrow's go-with 1 answer
Arrow's shooter 1 answer
Arrow-shooting weapon 1 answer
BEND in sign of submission 1 answer
Bend over forward 1 answer
Bend over forwards 1 answer
Bit of Christmas morning detritus 1 answer
Calgary's river 1 answer
Cellist's necessity 1 answer
Cellist's stick 1 answer
Cellist's tool 1 answer
Clara of Hollywood fame. 1 answer
Clara of early movies. 1 answer
Clara of films 1 answer
Clara of silents 1 answer
Clara of the silent days. 1 answer
Clara or rain 1 answer
Close a show 1 answer
Knot tied with shoelaces or ribbons 1 answer
Courteous gesture 1 answer
Crecy weapon. 1 answer
Crécy weapon: 1346 1 answer
Cupid's device 1 answer
Cupid's handful 1 answer
Curtain call action 1 answer
Curtain call ender 1 answer
Curtain call response 1 answer
Curtsy companion 1 answer
Curtsy, e.g. 1 answer
Debut, metaphorically 1 answer
Decoration on a wrapped present 1 answer
Decorative flourish 1 answer
Device for shooting. 1 answer
End of many a concert 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BOW (5)

Swift of foot was Hiawatha; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him! Strong of arm was Hiawatha; He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, That the tenth had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth had fallen! He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.
The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991
For those the Race of _Israel_ oft forsook Their living strength, and unfrequented left His righteous Altar, bowing lowly down To bestial Gods; for which their heads as low Bow’d down in Battel, sunk before the Spear Of despicable foes.
Paradise Lost John Milton 1991
Past, present, and to be, All bow to thy decree, All that exceeds the mean by Fate Is punished, Love or Hate.
The Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles 2000
Thus, a blazing spear, a sword of flame, a bow, or a sheaf of arrows seen in the midnight sky, prefigured Indian warfare.
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1992
The greater part of the time he scraped on two or three strings, accompanying every movement of the bow with a motion of the head; bowing almost to the ground, and stamping with his foot whenever a fresh couple were to start.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 1992

Quotes with BOW (3)

Bishop was all done with the witty converstaion. 'Will you swear?'And Myrnin said, shockingly, 'I will.' And he proceeded to, a string of swearwords that made Claire blink. He ended with, ' — frothy fool-born apple-john! Cheater of vandals and defiler of dead dogs!' and did another twirl and bow. He looked up with a red, red grin that was more like a leer. 'Is that what you meant, my lord?
Rachel Caine Feast of Fools
All my problems bow before my stubbornness.
Amit Kalantri Wealth of Words
Why does truth carry such a dreadful face? Why does subjugation carry such a happy mask? It becomes sad when people understand that they can lead a better life as long as they bow their heads, ignoring the truth.
Lionel Suggs
Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 298 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).