[{"word":"bowing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The musician bowed his violin expertly."},{"definition":"To become bent or curved.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The shelf bowed under the weight of the books."},{"definition":"To make something bend or curve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To premiere.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Cronenberg’s \"Cosmopolis\" bows in Cannes this week."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason."},{"definition":"To debut.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To defer (to something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I bow to your better judgement in the matter."},{"definition":"To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The courtier had practiced his bowing."},{"definition":"A bending.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf."},{"definition":"A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bow","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bowing"]}]