bowing

[boh-ing]

noun

1. the act or art of playing a stringed instrument with a bow.

2. the individual way of using the bow in playing a stringed instrument, including the way in which the musician approaches the music emotionally, the articulation of individual notes, and the manner in which the notes of a passage are grouped together.

bowing

/ ˈbəʊɪŋ /

noun

1. the technique of using the bow in playing a violin, viola, cello, or related instrument

Other Word Forms

• unbowing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowing¹

First recorded in 1830–40; bow ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Now, at 85, Pelosi is bowing out of elective politics altogether.

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Birmingham appears to have a radical Islamist problem, and authorities are bowing to it rather than policing it.

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Netanyahu said in September that Dermer plans to leave office soon, bowing out of a government career that kept him at the prime minister’s side for over two decades.

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The film is in theaters for one weekend only, bowing out Sunday night.

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Instead, Fosse features the Emcee line-by-line re-reciting his opening speech before giving a final “Goodbye” and bowing swiftly to make a light escape out a side door.

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Related Words

• submission 
• yielding