What are two different meaning of bow?

Answer 1

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved., To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline., To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension., To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue., To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks., To bend; to curve., To stop., To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down., To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow., An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility., Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow., A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled., An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string., The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke., An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument., An arcograph., Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters., A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea., Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree., To play (music) with a bow., To manage the bow., The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow., One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.