"bow to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bow to (third-person singular simple present bows to, present participle bowing to, simple past and past participle bowed to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He declined at first, but when his hosts insisted, he bowed to local custom and played his part in the ritual.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subserviently adhere to (a tradition, etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-bow_to-en-verb-MZAZDHX0",
      "links": [
        [
          "subserviently",
          "subserviently"
        ],
        [
          "adhere",
          "adhere"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kowtow to"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qūfú yú",
          "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
          "word": "屈服於 /屈服于"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
          "word": "mukautua"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
          "word": "taipua"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow to"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "bow to (third-person singular simple present bows to, present participle bowing to, simple past and past participle bowed to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kowtow to"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He declined at first, but when his hosts insisted, he bowed to local custom and played his part in the ritual.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subserviently adhere to (a tradition, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subserviently",
          "subserviently"
        ],
        [
          "adhere",
          "adhere"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qūfú yú",
      "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
      "word": "屈服於 /屈服于"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
      "word": "mukautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subserviently adhere to",
      "word": "taipua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow to"
}