1.b> 1) (), (,i> i>); he bowed to us as he passed ;
2) (), i> ; to bow one's thanks ; to bow one's assent ;
3) (), ; they stood with their heads bowed ;
2.b> (to) (); to bow to fate ; to bow to smb.'s decision / ; to bow to public pressure ;
3.b> ( ); to bow to a great writer , ; to bow to / before / grandeur [magnanimity] [ / ] / ;
4.b> (; ), ; bowed by the weight ; the branches were bowed down with / under / the weight of the snow ; the spruce bowed in the wind ; the trees bowed as the wind swept over them ; his father is bowed with age / ; his heart was bowed with grief ; we'll never bow the neck to the invaders! / !
to bow outb> (), , ;
to bow and scrapeb> , ; to bow down one's ear to smb.b> .