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— English words —

• bow n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string…
• bow n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
• bow n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various…
• bow n. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between…
• bow n. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and…
• bow n. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
• bow n. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
• bow n. Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer’s ear.
• bow n. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating…
• bow n. (Nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun’s altitude at sea.
• bow n. (Saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
• bow n. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
• bow v. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
• bow v. (Intransitive) To become bent or curved.
• bow v. (Transitive) To make something bend or curve.
• bow v. (Transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively;…
• bow v. (Intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
• bow v. (Transitive and intransitive) To debut.
• bow v. (Intransitive) To defer (to something).
• bow v. (Transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
• bow n. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence.
• bow n. (Nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
• bow n. (Rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
• bow n. Obsolete spelling of bough.
• bow n. Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads.
• Bow prop.n. A surname.
• Bow prop.n. A suburb in eastern London, England.
• Bow prop.n. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7201).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Sranan tongo
  • bow v. To build.
  • bow v. (Figurative, with tapu) to trust, to depend on.
• Vilamovian
  • bow n. Woman.
  • bow n. Wife.

— English words, defined in German —

• bow S. Bogen; eine Jagdwaffe, die eine elastische Sehne nutzt, um Pfeile zu beschleunigen.
• bow S. Schleife; ein besonderer Knoten mit zwei Bögen.
• bow S. Musik: Stab, der mit Rosshaar oder Kunstfasern bespannt ist und benutzt wird, um die Saiten von Streichinstrumenten…
• bow S. Bug; die vordere Spitze eine Schiffes.
• bow S. Verbeugung; eine Geste, bei der der Oberkörper nach vorn und unten gebeugt wird und die meist Respekt zeigt.
• bow V. Transitiv: biegen; etwas so behandeln, dass es hinterher gebogen (nicht mehr gerade) ist.
• bow V. Intransitiv: verbeugen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• bow w. (Muziek) strijken.
• bow w. Een boog vormen, verbuigen.
• bow w. Buigen.
• bow n. (Scheepvaart) boeg, voorsteven.
• bow n. Buiging.

— English words, defined in French —

• bow n. (Armement) Arc.
• bow n. (Musique) Archet (pour violons par exemple).
• bow n. Révérence.
• bow v. Faire une révérence, s’incliner.
• bow v. Fléchir, courber.
• bow n. (Navigation) Proue, étrave.
• Bow n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans le district de Mid Devon.
• Bow n.prop. Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district de Tower Hamlets.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• bow s. Arco.
• bow s. Lazo, moño.
• bow v. Tocar un instrumento de cuerda con un arco.
• bow v. Doblarse.
• bow v. Doblar, curvar.
• bow v. Ejercer influencia poderosa o controladora sobre; doblar, figurativamente; inclinar.
• bow s. Reverencia.
• bow v. Reverenciar.
• bow s. Náutica. Proa.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• bow s. (Arma) arco.
• bow s. (Música) arco.
• bow s. Curva.
• bow s. Laço.
• bow s. O ato de curvar-se perante pessoas em reverência.
• bow s. (Náutica) proa.
• bow v. Tocar instrumento de corda com arco.
• bow v. Encurvar; entortar algo.
• bow v. Curvar-se , normalmente em sinal de reverência.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• bow s. Arco, archetto.
• bow s. Inchino.
• bow s. Prua.
• bow s. Curvarsi.
• bow s. Curvare, piegare.
• bow s. Inchinarsi.

— In French —

• Bow n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans…
• Bow n.prop. Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district…

195 English words from 32 English definitions

Alternative altitude and and␣that any Anything apron apron␣strings arched are arms around artificial at␣sea bao become behind bend bending bent between boat bough bow bowing breads build buns Chinese chordophone civil civil␣parish closest closest␣to command connected consisting consisting␣of controlling cord cords crude curve curved debut defer deference depend Devon direction district ear eastern Either elastic employed ends England exercise fastens figurative figuratively flexible for form formation formerly forward from front gesture give giving goes goes␣around grid head horsehair inclining indication influence inserted instrument into intransitive is␣used␣to key knot lens linear lock London loops made made␣of make material Mid Mid␣Devon music Nautical neck not Obsolete of␣a of␣an oneself other over oxbow pair pair␣of␣spectacles parish part piece pieces planar play playing powerful quadrant rainbow reciprocating ref respect reverence river rod rower Rowing running Saddlery saddletree sea seat see several shaped ship shoelaces showing side single sits sits␣in something sort sort␣of spectacles spelling stick stick␣with stretched string stringed stringed␣instrument strings substitute suburb such such␣as sun surface surname taking tapu taut that that␣is the tie together to␣the Transitive trust turn two type used used␣to U-shaped using usually various village waist weapon wearer which whose Wife with Woman wood yoke

35 English words from 46 foreign definitions

algo Arc Archet arco boog Bug com con cuerda Curva dans dass der Devon die district Een exemple Faire Hamlets incliner ist Lazo Mid Mid␣Devon Musique Navigation par pour proa Quartier Stab Tower Tower␣Hamlets und

105 foreign words from 46 foreign definitions

Angleterre archetto Arma Armement ato behandeln bei benutzt beschleunigen besonderer bespannt biegen boeg Bögen Buigen Buiging civile controladora corda courber curvar Curvare doblar Doblarse ein eine Ejercer elastische Encurvar entortar étrave etwas Faire␣une Fléchir gebeugt gebogen Géographie gerade Geste hinterher Inchino inclinar influencia instrumento Intransitiv Jagdwaffe Knoten Laço Londres mehr meist mit moño Música Musik Muziek nach Náutica nicht normalmente nutzt Oberkörper oder par␣exemple Paroisse Paroisse␣civile perante pessoas Pfeile poderosa Proue Prua Respekt révérence reverência Reverenciar Rosshaar Saiten Scheepvaart Schiffes Schleife Sehne sinal situé située sobre Spitze Streichinstrumenten strijken Tocar Transitiv une unten verbeugen Verbeugung verbuigen violons von voorsteven vordere vormen vorn wird zeigt zwei

464 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

bow'd bowe Bowe bowk bowl Bown bows bowab bowed bowel Bowen bower Bower bowes Bowes bowge bowie Bowie bowks bowle bowlo bowls bownd bowne Bowne Bowns bowre bowse bowsy bow␣to bowabs bow␣bug bowcat Bowden Bowdon Bowdry bowels bowers Bowers bowery Bowery bowess bowest boweth bowfin bowged bowges bowget bowies bowing +414 words

561 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

abowt CBOWs xbows elbows elbowy embowl embows imbows Lebowa Lebows oxbows sybows unbows upbows up␣bows Benbows Curbows Denbows elbowed elbower embowed embowel embower embowls Finbows fogbows fog␣bows Gobowen Grabows humbows hum␣bows icebows imbowed imbowel imbower nutbowl outbowl outbows ram␣bows sea-bows sunbows teabowl tea␣bowl unbowed unbowel upbowed warbows ayubowan bobowler cabowner +511 words

136 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

CBOW xbow elbow embow imbow Lebow oxbow Oxbow Rębów sybow Tebow unbow upbow up␣bow Benbow Curbow dembow Denbow Finbow fogbow fog␣bow Grabow Grębów humbow hum␣bow icebow midbow outbow ram␣bow sea-bow sunbow warbow a␣kimbow barebow downbow down␣bow facebow flatbow flax␣bow foambow footbow hairbow longbow mistbow moonbow overbow play␣bow rainbow Rainbow selfbow self␣bow +85 words

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Wob

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

WBO Wob

24 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

blow Blow b'low BotW BOTW bow'd bowe Bowe bowk bowl Bown bows brow Brow bwoy BYOW CBOW CWOB HWOB swob Wobs womb WOSB xbow

24 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bo Bo BO B.O. bw BW b/w ob Ob OB ob- ob. Ob. ow 'ow wb WB wo Wo WO w/o w—O W.O. W.␣O.

106 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BBW BDW Bew BiW BIW BLW BMW boa Boa bob Bob BOB BoC BOC BÖC bod Bod BOD Boe BoE BOE BOF bog BOG boh BOH boi Boi BOI BOJ bok Bok bol Bol. BoM BOM Bon BON Bön boo Boo bop Bop BOP BOQ bor Bor BOR Bor. bos BOS Bos. bot BOT 'bot -bot bo't box Box boy BOY Boz btw BTW cow COW dow Dow FoW FOW gow Gow Gow. how How IOW jow low Low LOW 'low low% mow Mow MOW now NOW pow Pow PoW POW P.O.W. row Row ROW sow Sow SOW tow Tow TOW (+5 words)

9 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

bo Bo BO B.O. bw BW b/w ow 'ow

8 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

blow Blow b'low BotW BOTW brow Brow BYOW

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