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Bowing

Bowing Meaning & Definition
Bowing Definition And Meaning

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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