"bowing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaʊɪŋ/ (note: bending at the waist), /ˈboʊɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bowing.ogg [US] Forms: bowings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bowing (countable and uncountable, plural bowings)
  1. The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of bending as a sign of respect): tungoutanga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-bowing-en-noun-aP2GPtwO Disambiguation of 'the act of bending as a sign of respect': 58 40 3
  2. A bending. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bowing-en-noun-edK5ir3c Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 16 35 40
  3. A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bowing-en-noun-FG-pd2eG Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 16 35 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bowing and scraping, bowingly

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaʊɪŋ/ (note: bending at the waist), /ˈboʊɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bowing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bowing
  1. present participle and gerund of bow (all senses) Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bow (extra: all senses)
    Sense id: en-bowing-en-verb-A5SL9-ib Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 35 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 16 35 40

Inflected forms

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