bow²

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US /ˈboʊ̯/ UK /ˈbəʊ̯/ See IPA manual

archery weapon

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Homographs: bow¹ /baʊ/ — bend, yield; front of a ship

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

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noun
A weapon made of curved wood and a string, used to shoot arrows.

The archer pulled back the bow and aimed at the target.

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Forms bowmen

Etymology

From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

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