About The Word Bowing
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Bowing
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What's The Definition Of Bowing?
[n] managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
[n] bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame [adj] showing an excessively deferential manner Synonyms | Synonyms for Bowing: bow | bowed | obeisance | submissive Related Terms | Find terms related to Bowing: See Also | curtsey | curtsy | genuflection | genuflexion | gesture | kotow | kowtow | motion | playing | salaam | scrape | scraping | spiccato | spiccato bowing Bowing In Webster's Dictionary \Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.)
1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed
instruments.
Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of
the violinist, the violist, etc. --J. W. Moore.
2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and
distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare
it for felting.
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