Bow (bou), v. i. 1. To bend; to curve.
2. To stop.
They stoop, they bow down together.
Is. xlvi. 2�
3. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; — often with down.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Ps. xcv. 6.
4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
Admired, adored by all circling crowd,
For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed.
Dryden.