| bow | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bow, bowknot | a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces. |
| ~ knot | any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bow | a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments. |
| ~ fiddlestick, violin bow | a bow used in playing the violin. |
| ~ stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood.; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bow, fore, prow, stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft.; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" |
| ~ front | the side that is seen or that goes first. |
| ~ vessel, watercraft | a craft designed for water transportation. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bow | a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow. |
| ~ bow and arrow | a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them. |
| ~ bowstring | the string of an archer's bow. |
| ~ crossbow | a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel). |
| ~ cupid's bow | a curved bow with reversed curve ends. |
| ~ handbow | a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow. |
| ~ limb | either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.; "the upper limb of the bow" |
| ~ longbow | a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
| n. (shape) | 5. arc, bow | something curved in shape. |
| ~ rainbow | an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| n. (communication) | 6. bow, bowing, obeisance | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. |
| ~ reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). |
| ~ motion, gesture | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. |
| ~ genuflection, genuflexion | the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence. |
| ~ kotow, kowtow | a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission. |
| ~ scrape, scraping | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).; "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" |
| ~ salaam | a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation. |
| n. (communication) | 7. bow, curtain call | an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience. |
| ~ thanks | an acknowledgment of appreciation. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. bow | a decorative interlacing of ribbons. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| n. (act) | 9. bow | a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments. |
| ~ stroke | a single complete movement. |
| ~ down-bow | a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow. |
| ~ up-bow | an upward stroke from the tip to the heel of the bow. |
| v. (communication) | 10. bow, bow down | bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head.; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" |
| ~ conge, congee | perform a ceremonious bow. |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| v. (communication) | 11. accede, bow, defer, give in, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| ~ buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| v. (motion) | 12. bow | bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting.; "He bowed before the King" |
| ~ take a bow | acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ curtsey, curtsy | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting. |
| ~ kowtow, genuflect, scrape | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner. |
| ~ genuflect | bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image. |
| v. (motion) | 13. bend, bow, crouch, stoop | bend one's back forward from the waist on down.; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ squinch | crouch down. |
| ~ cower, huddle | crouch or curl up.; "They huddled outside in the rain" |
| v. (creation) | 14. bow | play on a string instrument with a bow. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ play | play on an instrument.; "The band played all night long" |
| duck | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
| ~ anseriform bird | chiefly web-footed swimming birds. |
| ~ anatidae, family anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks. |
| ~ drake | adult male of a wild or domestic duck. |
| ~ quack-quack | child's word for a duck. |
| ~ duckling | young duck. |
| ~ diving duck | any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food. |
| ~ dabbling duck, dabbler | any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling. |
| ~ anas platyrhynchos, mallard | wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed. |
| ~ anas rubripes, black duck | a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada. |
| ~ teal | any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America. |
| ~ anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon | freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals. |
| ~ anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller, broadbill | freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill. |
| ~ anas acuta, pin-tailed duck, pintail | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers. |
| ~ sheldrake | Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill. |
| ~ oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck | reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America. |
| ~ bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper | small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage. |
| ~ bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler | large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions. |
| ~ aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck | North American wild duck valued for sport and food. |
| ~ aythya ferina, pochard | heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head. |
| ~ aythya americana, redhead | North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head. |
| ~ bluebill, scaup, scaup duck, broadbill | diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill. |
| ~ wild duck | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard). |
| ~ aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees. |
| ~ aix galericulata, mandarin duck | showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated. |
| ~ cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck | large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated. |
| ~ sea duck | any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser. |
| ~ duck down | down of the duck. |
| ~ duck | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. duck, duck's egg | (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman. |
| ~ cricket | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (food) | 3. duck | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild). |
| ~ duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
| ~ poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food. |
| ~ duckling | flesh of a young domestic duck. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. duck | a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| v. (motion) | 5. duck | to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 6. duck | submerge or plunge suddenly. |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| v. (motion) | 7. dip, douse, duck | dip into a liquid.; "He dipped into the pool" |
| ~ dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
| v. (communication) | 8. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| stoop | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stoop | an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward. |
| ~ inclining, inclination | the act of inclining; bending forward.; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. stoop, stoup | basin for holy water. |
| ~ basin | a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids.; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. stoep, stoop | small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house. |
| ~ porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. |
| v. (social) | 4. condescend, lower oneself, stoop | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (motion) | 5. stoop | descend swiftly, as if on prey.; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field" |
| ~ pounce, swoop | move down on as if in an attack.; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" |
| v. (motion) | 6. stoop | sag, bend, bend over or down.; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (contact) | 7. stoop | carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane" |
| ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
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