Bow Hunting

–verb (used without object)

1.	to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.

2.	to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable.

3.	to bend or curve downward; stoop: the pines bowed low.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, agreement, etc.: He bowed his head to the crowd.

5.	to cause to submit; subdue; crush.

6.	to cause to stoop or incline: Age had bowed his head.

7.	to express by a bow: to bow one's thanks.

8.	to usher (someone) with a bow (usually fol. by in, out, etc.): They were bowed in by the footman.

9.	to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.

–noun

10.	an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.

—Verb phrase

11.	bow out, to resign a position or withdraw from a job, competition, obligation, etc.: He bowed out after two terms as governor.

—Idioms

12.	bow and scrape, to be excessively polite or deferential.

13.	make one's bow, to appear publicly for the first time, as a performer, politician, etc.: The young pianist made her bow last night to an appreciative audience.

14.	take a bow, to step forward or stand up in order to receive recognition, applause, etc.: The conductor had the soloists take a bow.

–noun

1.	the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.

2.	Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.

–adjective

3.	of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting: a hunting cap.