Synonyms of the word

bowknot

• n. A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.

bow

• n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string,…
• n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
• n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various…
• n. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the…
• n. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and…
• n. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
• n. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
• n. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating…
• n. (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
• n. (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
• n. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
• v. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
• v. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
• v. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively;…
• v. (intransitive) To premiere.
• v. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
• v. (intransitive) To defer (to something).
• n. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence.
• n. (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

knot

• n. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without…
• n. (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
• n. A maze-like pattern.
• n. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction…
• n. A difficult situation.
• n. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
• n. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
• n. A protuberant joint in a plant.
• n. Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
• n. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
• n. (engineering) A node.
• n. A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
• n. A group of people or things.
• n. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
• n. (nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number…
• n. (slang) A nautical mile (incorrectly).
• v. To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
• v. To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
• v. To unite closely; to knit together.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
• n. One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).