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adj
Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A structural piece that arches over another piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To arch over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic, transitive
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verb
To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To bend too far.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To overburden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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verb
To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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verb
To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From over- + bow.
