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"BOWS" is a plural of: bow. |
Date "BOWS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | Fore and aft faces of a boat. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A bow (rhymes with "so"and "oh") is a weapon that shoots arrows. It is useful for hunting and war. The technique of using a bow is called archery.
A large number of different bow designs have been used in different cultures and time periods. Common designs are; solid wood (the English longbow), laminated wood (Japanese and Saami bows) and bone-wood-hide composite (Middle East, India, Mongols). In modern times, the plastic composite and compound bows dominate for sport and hunting practices.
Although the bow is nowadays thought of primarily as a weapon, it is not clear whether this was the original use of the device. Instead it may have started life as a musical instrument and only later used to shoot arrows. The bow is still used as a musical instrument in some cultures today. It is usually referred to as a musical bow when used in this way, both to distinguish it from the weapon, and from the kind of bow used to play string instruments.
Modern-day use of bows for hunting is a matter of controversy in some areas but is common and accepted in others. Bow hunting is also still practiced in traditional cultures worldwide.
The "artillery" form of a bow is a ballista.
See also: crossbow, weapon
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bow (weapon)."
Crosswords: BOWS |
| English words defined with "BOWS": Ascham ♦ Barwood, bow wood, Bowgrace, Bowyer, brazilwood, Breasthook, By the head ♦ Caravel, colophony ♦ Eye of a ship ♦ Fletcher, Forehook ♦ lemonwood, Letterwood ♦ Maclura pomifera, mock orange ♦ osage orange ♦ rosin ♦ scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, Snying ♦ To cut a feather ♦ yew, Yewen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BOWS": assembler, convertible top, ASSORTER, ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM ♦ BOW MAKER, BOW MAKER, CUSTOM, BOW MAKER, PRODUCTION, BOW REHAIRER, BOW-MAKER-MACHINE TENDER, AUTOMATIC ♦ Custom ♦ FINAL ASSEMBLER, fringer, hand ♦ GIFT WRAPPER, GRIP WRAPPER ♦ Habit, HAT MAKER, HAT TRIMMER, hat-band attacher ♦ INSTALLER, SOFT TOP ♦ Love-lock ♦ machination ♦ PASSEMENTERIE WORKER, process inspector, prosthetic dentis, Pseudo-Cold Front ♦ RAPHIA TAEDIGERA ♦ sewer, hand, specialty trimmer ♦ VIOLIN REPAIRER ♦ WIDTH STRIPPER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BOWS": Stringer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Go 'head throw dem bows (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) Catch em in the club throwing pretty ass bows (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris) I've taken my bows ("We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"; performing artist: Queen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bows and Errors (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 31 October 1941. Note these minesweepers' dark paint scheme, with large white hull numbers and mine force insignia on their bows. Both have been fitted with 3"/50 deck guns. Credit: NAVY. |  | Four motor minesweepers (YMS) alongside the starboard side of USS Mindanao (ARG-3) shortly after Mount Hood blew up about 350 yards away from Mindanao's port side. These wooden minesweepers were protected from most of the direct force of the blast by Mindanao's hull, but received some damage. USS YMS-340 is second from the left. Note that her open bridge bulwarks have been blown down. Also note differing types of retracting accoustic "hammer box" mountings on the bows of these ships. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Moored together off San Diego, California, circa 1935. This view shows the ships' bows, with signal flags hoisted in the rigging in honor of a special occasion. Credit: NAVY. |  | In a New England port during World War I. USS L-10 (Submarine # 50) is in the foreground. The bows of USS Parthenia (SP-671) and USS Marold (SP-737) are visible at left, tied up alongside each other, with Parthenia inboard. The patrol boat tied up inboard of Cobra is unidentified. The civilian motor boat Cobra was acquired by the Navy on 19 September 1917 and commissioned on 4 November 1917. Following World War I service, she was transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Moored off Shanghai, China, in February 1932, with the bows of two sister ships visible at left. Photographed by G.J. Freret, Jr., USN. Credit: NAVY. |  | Yachts Defender, Jubilee and Volunteer with bows to left. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Group of women standing in a semi-circle, formally dressed, holding brooms tied with bows, possibly as symbols of protest. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Ribbons 'n Bows" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Ribbon and mesh bow against a tissue paper background." | "Ribbon Tree" by Mary Tamaki Commentary: "Holiday bows on a Christmas tree." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Hosea Ballou | The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And giving his foot a long scrape behind him, which is the most respectful of all possible bows, he went away |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She likes to braid the manes and forelocks, puts little red bows on them |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. R.S.K. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BOWS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 86.54% of the time. "BOWS" is used about 364 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 86.54% | 315 | 16,262 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 11.54% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.92% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 364 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "BOWS". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Barachel | N/A | Biblical | That bows before God |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "BOWS": spring bows. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BOWS": cross-bows, long-bows, ox-bows, swan-bows. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bows.com mathews | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BOWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 檠 (instrument for straightening bows). (various references) | |
Danish | bov (bow, prow). (various references) | |
Dutch | stevenplaat (stern X), spiegelplaat (stern X). (various references) | |
French | tournure, épaulure. (various references) | |
German | Bücklinge (kippers), Bögen (arcs). (various references) | |
Greek | μάσκα (mask, masque), πρύμνη (astern, poop, stern), πλώρη (bow, prow). (various references) | |
Hungarian | marokkörző, kijelölő körző, hajóorr (prow, rostra, rostrum, stem), íves körző. (various references) | |
Italian | mascone di prua (stern X), mascone di poppa (stern X). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 弓箭 (bows and arrows, war). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうせん (armistice, bows and arrows, hades, nether regions, truce, war). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owsbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fazer (achieve, act, cause, create, do, effect, fulfil, fulfill, make, making, manufacture, perform, produce, render, to do, to make, wage), extrair (couch, drag out, draw, drew, educe, elicit, excerpt, extract, lug, poke about, pull, pump, take out, winkle out). (various references) | |
Russian | выбирать (bouse, choose, chose, chosen, elect, fetch, opt, pick, pick out, round in, select, selects, single out, take). (various references) | |
Spanish | amura (tack). (various references) | |
Swedish | skalmar. (various references) | |
Turkish | yaylı pergel (spring bows, spring calipers). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai sunetribh meta kratouV ta toxa autwn kai exeluqh ta neura bracionwn ceirwn autwn dia ceira dunastou iakwb ekeiqen o katiscusaV israhl |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sedit in forti arcus eius et dissoluta sunt vincula brachiorum et manuum illius per manus potentis Iacob inde pastor egressus est lapis Israhel |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sat in the strong the bowe of hym, and vnbounden ben the bondis of armes, and of the hondis of hym bi the hoond of the myyti of Jacob; thens a shepherde yede out, the stoone of Yrael. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And yet his bowe bode fast and his armes and his handes were stronge by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob: out of him shall come an herde ma a stone in Israel. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: from thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 24 |
| Croatian | Ali luk mu èvrst ostaje, mišice mu ojaèale, rukom Jakog Jakovljeva, imenom Pastira, Stijene Izraela, |
| Danish | men hans Bue er stærk, hans Hænders Arme rappe; det kommer fra Jakobs Vældige, fra Hyrden, Israels Klippe, |
| Dutch | Maar zijn boog is in stijvigheid gebleven, en de armen zijner handen zijn gesterkt geworden, door de handen van den Machtige Jakobs; daarvan is hij een herder, een steen Israels; |
| Finnish | Mutta hänen jousensa pysyy lujana, ja hänen käsivartensa ovat notkeat Jaakobin Väkevän avulla, kaitsijan, Israelin kallion, |
| French | Mais son arc est demeuré ferme, Et ses mains ont été fortifiées Par les mains du Puissant de Jacob: Il est ainsi devenu le berger, le rocher d`Israël. |
| German | so bleibt doch sein Bogen fest und die Arme seiner Hände stark durch die Hände des Mächtigen in Jakob, durch ihn, den Hirten und Stein Israels. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Namun Yusuf tetap kukuh lengannya, tetap kuat panahnya, karena kuasa Sang Gembala Mahakuat, Allah Yakub, Pelindung Israel. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi panahnya tinggal terbentang juga dan lengannya dan tangannyapun dengan akasnya, oleh pertolongan Allahnya Yakub yang Mahakuasa, oleh penunggu batu Israel. |
| Italian | Ma è rimasto intatto il suo arco e le sue braccia si muovon veloci per le mani del Potente di Giacobbe, per il nome del Pastore, Pietra d'Israele. |
| Maori | Otiia i mau tana kopere i runga i te kaha, a i whakapakaritia nga takakau o ona ringa e nga ringa o te Mea Kaha o Hakopa, no reira nei te hepara, te kamaka o Iharaira, |
| Norwegian | Men fast står han der med sin bue, og hans hender og armer er raske - ved Jakobs Veldiges hender, fra ham, fra hyrden, Israels klippe, |
| Rumanian | Dar arcul lui a rqmas tare, Wi mknile lui au fost kntqrite De mknile Puternicului lui Iacov: Wi a ajuns astfel pqstorul, stknca lui Israel. |
| Swedish | dock förbliver hans båge fast, och hans händer och armar spänstiga, genom dens händer, som är den Starke i Jakob, genom honom som är herden, Israels klippa, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BOWS": bowse, bowsed, bowses, bowshot, bowshots, bowsing, bowsprit, bowsprits, bowstring, bowstrings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BOWS": crossbows, elbows, embows, fogbows, longbows, mistbows, moonbows, oxbows, rainbows, saddlebows, sunbows, upbows, wingbows. (additional references) | |
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"BOWS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baow, basw, bawse, Bawu, bbw, Bewes, bmw, bods, bohs, boowt, bous, Bouw, Bouwes, bowa, bowd, bowe, bowes, bowk, bown, bowr, bowt, Bowys, bowz, bw, Obfw, ows. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BOWS" (pronounced bou"z or bō"z) |
| 3 | b ou" z | boughs. |
| 2 | -ou" z | allows, arouse, brows, browse, carouse, chows, cows, dhows, espouse, Howes, mows, plows, prows, Taos, thous, vows, wows. |
| 2 | -ō" z | arose, bestows, blows, Brose, chose, close, compose, crows, decompose, depose, disclose, dispose, doze, Eaux, enclose, expose, flows, foes, foreclose, forgoes, froze, glows, goes, grows, hoes, hose, impose, interpose, Joes, juxtapose, knows, Lowes, lows, noes, nose, ohs, oppose, ose, overexpose, owes, plainclothes, pose, pows, predispose, presuppose, propose, pros, prose, reimpose, repose, roes, rose, rows, shows, slows, snows, sows, superimpose, suppose, tarots, those, throes, throws, toes, tows, transpose, woes. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: swob. | |
| Words within the letters "b-o-s-w" | |
-1 letter: bos, bow, sob, sow, wos. | |
-2 letters: bo, os, ow, so, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-o-s-w" | |
+1 letter: blows, bowls, bowse, brows, swobs, wombs. | |
+2 letters: belows, besnow, bestow, blowsy, bowels, bowers, bowsed, bowses, browns, browse, elbows, embows, oxbows, sunbow, upbows. | |
+3 letters: barlows, barrows, behowls, bellows, besnows, bestows, bestrow, beworms, billows, blowbys, blowers, blowsed, blowups, borrows, bowfins, bowings, bowlegs, bowlers, bowless, bowpots, bowshot, bowsing, bowwows, bowyers, browsed, browser, browses, burrows, bywords, byworks, cobwebs, cowboys, enwombs, fogbows, lowboys, mistbow, newsboy, showbiz, sowable, sunbows, swobbed, swobber, wobbles, wombats. | |
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