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bowverb1 to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit blink, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield acquiescedefer say uncle, throw in the towel(also throw in the sponge) resist contend, fight, hold offbattle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstand to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)bowed to the craving for fresh coffee cave (in), give in, submit, succumb, surrender, yield cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallowacquiesce (to), concede (to)buckle (under), knuckle undergive over (to) hold off, resist battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstandrejectbridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle bowverb2to turn away from a straight line or coursethe river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea arc, arch, bend, crook, curve, fall off, hook, round, sweep, swerve, trend, wheel circle, coil, curlicue, curl, loop, spiralturn, twist, winddeviate, veer straighten to cause to turn away from a straight lineyou'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in arch, bend, crook, curve, hook, swerve arc, roundincurvate, incurve, inflect, reflectdeflect, divertentwine, kink, swirl, turn, twine, twist, veer, warpcoil, curl, enroll(also enrol), loop, spiraldent, dimplemeander, wave, weave, winddecline, incline, slope straighten, unbend, uncurl bownounsomething that curves or is curvedher full lips form a pair of perfect bows angle, arc, arch, bend, crook, curvature, curve, inflection, turn, wind kink, warpcircle, ring, ringlet, roundcoil, curl, curlicue(also curlycue)buckle, convolution, flexure, fold, loop, spiral, swirl, twist, windingincurvature, reflectiondecline, inclination, incline, slopecorner, turnoffdogleg, hairpin before the 12th century |