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I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) saudar2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) curvar-se2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) aceno- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) arco2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) arco3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) laço2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) proa* * *bow1[bou] n 1 arco: a) arma para atirar flechas. b) vara para tocar alguns instrumentos musicais de corda. 2 curva, curvatura. 3 nó, laçada, laço. 4 qualquer objeto ou coisa curvada. 5 arco-íris. • vt 1 curvar, dobrar. 2 tocar (violino etc.) com arco. • adj curvado, dobrado. bow and ends laço com pontas compridas. to bend (or draw) the bow armar o arco. to draw the bow up to the ear esforçar-se, meter os peitos. to draw the long bow coll mentir, contar histórias, contar vantagem.————————bow2[bau] n 1 reverência, saudação. 2 mesura: inclinação de cabeça. • vi 1 reverenciar, curvar o corpo ou a cabeça em sinal de reverência, de respeito etc. he bowed his thanks / ele curvou-se em agradecimento. 2 demonstrar reverência, inclinando o corpo ou a cabeça. 3 curvar, dobrar. 4 submeter-se. he bowed to fate / ele submeteu-se ao destino. 5 oprimir, subjugar. he bowed and scraped ele desfez-se em mesuras. he bowed back to me ele respondeu a minha saudação. he made his bow ele retirou-se (do palco).————————bow3[bau] n proa (de navio, de avião). at the bow na proa.
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