Bow may refer to:
- Bow and arrow /ˈboʊ/, a weapon system that uses elasticity to propel arrows, its use is archery
- Bowing /ˈbaʊ/, to lower the head or upper body as a social gesture
- Bow (ship) /ˈbaʊ/, the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
- Bow (rowing), a term which has multiple meanings within the sport of rowing
Famous quotes containing the word bow:
“Commerce has set the mark of selfishness,
The signet of its all-enslaving power,
Upon a shining ore, and called it gold:
Before whose image bow the vulgar great,
The vainly rich, the miserable proud,
The mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings,
And with blind feelings reverence the power
That grinds them to the dust of misery.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“The bow is bent and drawn; make from the shaft.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Minute after minute, aeon after aeon,
Nothing lets up or develops.
And this is neither a bad variant nor a tryout.
This is where the staring angels go through.
This is where all the stars bow down.”
—Ted Hughes (b. 1930)