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bowing

[ boh-ing ]

noun

  1. the act or art of playing a stringed instrument with a bow.
  2. the individual way of using the bow in playing a stringed instrument, including the way in which the musician approaches the music emotionally, the articulation of individual notes, and the manner in which the notes of a passage are grouped together.


bowing

/ ˈəʊɪŋ /

noun

  1. the technique of using the bow in playing a violin, viola, cello, or related instrument
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bowing1

First recorded in 1830–40; bow 2 + -ing 1
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The bowing and scraping from some corporate bigwigs is so pathetic that it sometimes gets comical.

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But showing up doesn’t necessarily have to mean bowing down.

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Someone like Trump, whose narcissism feeds on a belief that people are bowing for him, is probably a far easier mark than most of the women who fell for Musk's phony groveling.

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Asked what the tent was like, the witness said: "It was what I would describe as a festival tent, very small, green in colour… bowing on the top."

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More surprising is how many media organizations are bowing to the pressure, even when legal experts agree they shouldn’t have to.

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