Bow

Bow may refer to:

  • Bow and arrow /ˈboʊ/, a weapon system that uses elasticity to propel arrows, its use is archery
  • Bowing /ˈbaʊ/, to lower the head or upper body as a social gesture
  • Bow (ship) /ˈbaʊ/, the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
  • Bow (rowing), a term which has multiple meanings within the sport of rowing

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Bow Valley Provincial Park - Activities
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Big Bow, Kansas
... Big Bow is a small unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas, United States ... City Cities Johnson City Manter Unincorporated community Big Bow ...
Bow Echo
... A bow echo is a term describing the characteristic radar return from a mesoscale convective system that is shaped like an archer’s bow ...
Bow, Devon - Today
... In addition to St Bartholomew's (Church of England), Bow has both a Congregational Church and a Gospel Hall (Open Brethren) ... In recent years Bow has expanded considerably to the south ... Bow has a general store, a garden centre (Bow Aquatic Centre), a doctor's surgery and one public house ...
Bow Bowing, New South Wales
... Bow Bowing is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia ... Bow Bowing is located 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region ...

Famous quotes containing the word bow:

    “The wheel of fortune guide you,
    The boy with the bow beside you
    Run aye in the way
    Till the bird of day
    And the luckier lot betide you.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “If you bow at all bow low.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “I unknit.
    Words fly out of place
    and I, long into the desert,
    drink and drink
    and bow my head to that meadow
    the breast, the melon in it....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)