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The correct spelling is bows.
How to pronounce bows
noun
IPA: /baʊz/
Say it like: Bow-s
The correct spelling is bows. A firm branch of a tree. For example: "When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall."
Usage Examples
“When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.”
“The musician bowed his violin expertly.”
“The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A firm branch of a tree.
- 2.The gallows.
- 3.A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- 4.A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- 5.A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
verb
- 1.To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- 2.To become bent or curved.
- 3.To make something bend or curve.
- 4.To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- 5.To premiere.
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