To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
To become bent or curved.
To defer (to something).
To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
To make something bend or curve.
To debut.
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
The front of a boat or ship.
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
To force oneself (in a particular direction).
To lie, to tell untruths.
To polish boots to a high shine.
To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
To mate with (a cow or heifer).
To endeavour to raise prices in.
To mock; to cheat.
To endeavour to raise the market price of.
Large and strong, like a bull.
Adult male.
Stupid.
Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear).
A policeman.
The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
Any adult male bovine.
Beef.
Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
A lie.
Nonsense.
An elderly lesbian.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
A large, strong man.
Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.
A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”)