Bow
- 1.
- ~ (down) (to be for somebody something) (to bend body in respect, assent, etc, to submit) គំនាប់, លំឱនកាយគោរព, សម្ដែងគារវកិច្ច, bow to the audience បង្អោនខ្លួន, បន្ទន់ខ្លួន, លំឱន, លំទោន, bow to authority ចុះចាញ់
Example: The porter was bowed down under the weight of the trunk. You ought to bow to the force of a stronger argument. - 2.
- (រាជវង្ស) ព្រះកោទណ្ឌ
noun
- 1.
- (A weapon for shooting arrows, a slender, stick strung with horse hairs for playing the violin of other stringed instrument, a knot with loops. -bow tie a small necktie tied in a bow) bow and arrow ធ្នូ, violin bow ឆាក (ទ្រ ។ល។) / stick has a bow កំណោង, tie a bow បូ, Rain bow ឥន្ទធនូចុះផឹកទឹក
- 2.
- (NAUTICAL) (Front end of a boat, ship pr aircraft) ក្បាលទូកឬនាវា
- 3.
- (An inclination of head or body) make a bow ការបន្ទន់ខ្លួនឬឱន (គោរព)
Example: Bows and arrows, The singer bowed in response to the applause, Make a polite bow.
verb — past tense: bowed ; past participle: bowed ; present participle: bowing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ឡើងកោង, ក្រាបចុះ, ឱនចុះ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) ធ្វើឱ្យកោង
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To bend downwards) bow the head ឱនក្បាលចុះ, bowed (by age) ធ្វើឱ្យកោងខ្នង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
- 2.
- One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
- 3.
- 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.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
- 6.
- The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- 7.
- 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.
- 8.
- A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- 9.
- (SINGULAR or PLURAL) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
verb — past tense: bowed ; past participle: bowed ; present participle: bowing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To play (music) with a bow.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To manage the bow.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
- 9.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to crush; to subdue.
- 10.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.
- 11.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
- 1.
- bend, crook, curve, deflect, incline, lean, stoop, turn, twist, influence, mold, submit, yield
- 1.
- break, resist, stiffen, straighten
- 1.
- To bend, to curve
- 2.
- To stop
- 3.
- An arcograph