intransitive. To bend, bow, make obeisance; also, to stoop. Occasionally reflexive; also with down.

intransitive. To bend, incline, bow; (figurative) to do homage or reverence (to), to submit (to).

To bend the body, knee, or head, in token of reverence, respect, or submission; to make obeisance. (Emphasized by down: const. to, before.)

intransitive. To fall on the knees or a knee; to assume, or remain in, a posture in which the body is supported on the bended knees or on one of…

intransitive. To go down on, or bend, the knee or knees; to kneel or bow, esp. in token of reverence or submission. Const. to (a person), whence…

intransitive. To bend the body in sign of reverence or humility; to bow. Obsolete or archaic.

esp. to bow the knee: i.e. to bend it in adoration or reverence.

To bend the head or upper body forward and downward, esp. as a sign of reverence or courtesy; to stoop… intransitive.

intransitive. To stoop or bend low with general compression of the body, as in stooping for shelter, in fear, or in submission; to cower with the…

intransitive. To bow, to make obeisance.

To take or fall into a posture more or less approaching that of lying at rest. Of persons: To bow in reverence or obeisance; to curtsy (obsolete).

intransitive. To bend in reverence; to bow. Obsolete. rare.

The customary expression of respect by action or gesture, esp. to a superior; the action of inclining, bowing, or lowering the body; usually in…

intransitive. To make a sign of recognition, respect, or obeisance; to nod, make a slight bow; to curtsey. (Chiefly in Scottish writers.)

A gesture of submission or deferential respect, an obeisance; spec. a bow, curtsy. Frequently in to make a (†long, †low,etc.) leg and variants. Also…

intransitive. To make a curtsy; to do reverence to; now, like the noun, said only of women.

To duck or suddenly drop the head or body; to curtsy.

intransitive. To make a low obeisance, to curtsey; also to fawn, cringe.

intransitive. To bend the body adroitly (without any notion of dodging). To bow in salutation or obeisance; esp. to make a quick jerky bow: cf. jerk…

intransitive. To nod; to bow. Obsolete. Cf. beck, v. 3.

spec. esp. To bend the body in submission or reverence; to bow (unto, to, before, towards).

intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete or dialect.

To bow or bend down to the ground in obeisance or salutation. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. to scrape a leg: to make a leg (see leg, n. 4). Obsolete.

To make a congee; to bow in courtesy or obeisance. Also figurative.

to give the stoop: to bow; figurative to yield, give way. Obsolete.

intransitive and transitive with it. To make a gesture of submission or deferential respect; to bow, curtsy. Also with unto. Cf. leg, n. 4. Obsolete.

intransitive. To make obeisance, to bow drawing the foot back, ‘to make an awkward bow’ (Johnson).

to drop a curtsy: to make a curtsy by lowering the body; so, to drop a nod.

intransitive. To make a salaam or obeisance.

intransitive. To move up or down with a bob or slight jerk; spec. curtsy. Also, with cognate object, to bob a curtsy.

transferred. To move the body downwards in obeisance; to drop a curtsy; to ‘bob’.

to make (also perform) a cheese: to turn round rapidly and then suddenly sink down so that the petticoats are inflated in the shape of a round…