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bowsnounpl. of bow something that curves or is curvedher full lips form a pair of perfect bows angles, arches, arcs, bends, crooks, curvatures, curves, inflections, turns, winds kinks, warpscircles, ringlets, rings, roundscoils, curlicues(also curlycues), curlsbuckles, convolutions, flexures, folds, loops, spirals, swirls, twists, windingsincurvatures, reflectionsdeclines, inclinations, inclines, slopescorners, turnoffsdoglegs, hairpins bowsverb1present tense third-person singular of bowto cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit blinks, budges, capitulates, concedes, gives in, knuckles under, quits, relents, submits, succumbs, surrenders, yields acquiescesdefers says uncle, throws in the towel(also throws in the sponge) resists contends, fights, holds offbattles, breasts, combats, confronts, counters, defies, faces, meets, objects, opposes, repelsthwarts, withstands to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)bowed to the craving for fresh coffee caves (in), gives in, submits, succumbs, surrenders, yields caters (to), gratifies, indulges, wallowsacquiesces (to), concedes (to)buckles (under), knuckles undergives over (to) holds off, resists battles, breasts, combats, confronts, counters, defies, faces, fights, meets, objects, opposes, repelsthwarts, withstandsrejectsbridles, checks, constrains, curbs, inhibits, restrains, stifles bowsverb2present tense third-person singular of bowto turn away from a straight line or coursethe river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea arches, arcs, bends, crooks, curves, falls off, hooks, rounds, sweeps, swerves, trends, wheels circles, coils, curlicues, curls, loops, spiralsturns, twists, windsdeviates, veers straightens to cause to turn away from a straight lineyou'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in arches, bends, crooks, curves, hooks, swerves arcs, roundsincurvates, incurves, inflects, reflectsdeflects, divertsentwines, kinks, swirls, turns, twines, twists, veers, warpscoils, curls, enrolls(also enrols), loops, spiralsdents, dimplesmeanders, waves, weaves, windsdeclines, inclines, slopes straightens, unbends, uncurls |