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bou|ti que ho|te l (boutique hotels ) N‑COUNT A boutique hotel is a small, high-quality and usually attractive hotel. □  They opened a boutique hotel in Istanbul.

bo|vine /boʊ va I n/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Bovine means relating to cattle. [TECHNICAL ]

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone's behaviour or appearance as bovine , you think that they are stupid or slow. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  I'm depressed by the bovine enthusiasm of the crowd's response.

bow

➊ BENDING OR SUBMITTING

➋ PART OF A SHIP

➌ OBJECTS

➊ bow /baʊ / (bows , bowing , bowed )

1 VERB When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect. □ [V + to ] They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way. □ [V ] He bowed slightly before taking her bag. ● N‑COUNT [usu sing] Bow is also a noun. □  I gave a theatrical bow and waved.

2 VERB If you bow your head, you bend it downwards so that you are looking towards the ground, for example because you want to show respect or because you are thinking deeply about something. □ [V n] He bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving. □ [V -ed] She stood still, head bowed, hands clasped in front of her.

3 VERB If you bow to pressure or to someone's wishes, you agree to do what they want you to do. □ [V + to ] Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables.

4 V-PASSIVE If you are bowed by something, you are made unhappy and anxious by it, and lose hope. □ [be V -ed] …their determination not to be bowed in the face of the allied attacks. ● PHRASAL VERB To be bowed down means the same as to be bowed . □ [be V -ed P ] I am bowed down by my sins.

▸  bow down

1 PHRASAL VERB If you refuse to bow down to another person, you refuse to show them respect or to behave in a way which you think would make you seem weaker or less important than them. □ [V P + to ] We should not have to bow down to anyone.

2 → see also bow ➊ 4

▸  bow out PHRASAL VERB If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V P ] He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed. [Also + of ]

➋ bow /baʊ / (bows ) N‑COUNT The front part of a ship is called the bow or the bows . The plural bows can be used to refer either to one or to more than one of these parts. □  The waves were about five feet now, and the bow of the boat was leaping up and down.

➌ bow /boʊ / (bows )

1 N‑COUNT A bow is a knot with two loops and two loose ends that is used in tying shoelaces and ribbons. □  Add a length of ribbon tied in a bow.

2 N‑COUNT A bow is a weapon for shooting arrows which consists of a long piece of curved wood with a string attached to both its ends. □  Some of the raiders were armed with bows and arrows.

3 N‑COUNT The bow of a violin or other stringed instrument is a long thin piece of wood with fibres stretched along it, which you move across the strings of the instrument in order to play it.

bowd|ler|ize /baʊ dləra I z, [AM ] boʊ d-/ (bowdlerizes , bowdlerizing , bowdlerized ) in BRIT, also use bowdlerise VERB To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] I'm bowdlerizing it–just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset. □ [V -ed] …a bowdlerised version of the song.

bowed Pronounced /boʊ d/ for meaning 1 , and /baʊ d/ for meaning 2 . 1 ADJ Something that is bowed is curved. □  …an old lady with bowed legs.

2 ADJ If a person's body is bowed , it is bent forward. □  He walked aimlessly along street after street, head down and shoulders bowed.

3 → see also bow ➊

bow|el /baʊ əl/ (bowels )