1. (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• bow
• obeisance

2. (adjective) showing an excessively deferential manner

• bowed

1. (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• genuflection
• genuflexion
• kotow
• kowtow
• salaam
• scrape
• scraping

2. (noun) managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

• spiccato
• spiccato bowing

1. (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• gesture
• motion
• reverence

2. (noun) managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

• playing

1. (adjective) showing an excessively deferential manner

• submissive

1. (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• bend
• bow
• crouch
• stoop
• bow
• bow down
• bow