Definitions
1.verbTo play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow."The musician bowed his violin expertly."
2.verbTo become bent or curved."The shelf bowed under the weight of the books."
3.verbTo make something bend or curve.
4.verbTo exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
5.verbTo premiere."Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week."
6.verbTo bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference."That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason."
7.verbTo debut.
8.verbTo defer (to something)."I bow to your better judgement in the matter."
9.verbTo give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.