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Bow down Moderate

Bow down has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get into a prostrate position, as in submission

2

bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head

"He bowed before the King"

"She bowed her head in shame"

3

To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lie down gesticulate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
congee
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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