"bow down" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bow down (third-person singular simple present bows down, present participle bowing down, simple past and past participle bowed down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tyap terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bow down before the porcelain god"
        },
        {
          "word": "bowed-down"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel",
          "text": "Shepard: The rest of the galaxy isn't just going to bow down just because we tell them to. We'll need the fleets to bring them in line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect."
      ],
      "id": "en-bow_down-en-verb-yZ~TgGW9",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "bend",
          "bend#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "deference",
          "deference"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xonarhvel",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "խոնարհվել"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "kumartaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "s’incliner"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "sich niederwerfen"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "anahneiwan",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "proskunéō",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "προσκυνέω"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "ġebūgan"
        },
        {
          "code": "kcg",
          "lang": "Tyap",
          "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
          "word": "beak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baʊ ˈdaʊn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-bow down.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-au-bow_down.ogg/En-au-bow_down.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-au-bow_down.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow down"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bow down before the porcelain god"
    },
    {
      "word": "bowed-down"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bow down (third-person singular simple present bows down, present participle bowing down, simple past and past participle bowed down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "French links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Tyap terms in nonstandard scripts"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel",
          "text": "Shepard: The rest of the galaxy isn't just going to bow down just because we tell them to. We'll need the fleets to bring them in line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "bend",
          "bend#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "deference",
          "deference"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baʊ ˈdaʊn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-bow down.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-au-bow_down.ogg/En-au-bow_down.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-au-bow_down.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xonarhvel",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "խոնարհվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "kumartaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "s’incliner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "sich niederwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anahneiwan",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "proskunéō",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "προσκυνέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "ġebūgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kcg",
      "lang": "Tyap",
      "sense": "to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference",
      "word": "beak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow down"
}