Boy vs Bow - What's the difference?
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Male servant.
# (now, rare) A male servant, in general senses.
# (historical, now, offensive) A non-white male servant, as used especially by whites in a colonial settlement etc.
# (now, offensive) A non-white male.
(obsolete) A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
* 1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act I Scene 4:
A young male human; a male child or young adult.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=
, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A son.
* (Walter Scott)
A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
* 1977 , (Bert Newton), to (Mohammed Ali) at the 1977 Logie Awards:[http://www.abc.net.au/thingo/txt/s1088100.htm]
(colloquial) A male friend or fellow of some group, community etc. (mainly used in the plural).
(US, slang) Heroin.
to use the word boy to refer to someone
to act as a boy (qualifier, in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
* Shakespeare
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow ).
A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
A stringed instrument, similar to the item described above.
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.
* Bible, Genesis ix. 13
The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
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.
(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
(saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
To become bent or curved.
To make something bend or curve.
* Milton
* Prescott
(figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
* Francis Bacon
* Fuller
To premiere.
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
* , chapter=4
, title= (transitive, and, intransitive) To debut.
* 2010 (publication date), Kara Krekeler, "Rebuilding the opera house", West End Word , volume 39, number 26, December 22, 2010 – January 11, 2011, page 1:
To defer (to something).
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist.
A debut
* {{quote-journal, 1832, , Literary Notices, The Rail-Road Journal
, passage=The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.}}
(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=6
As nouns the difference between boy and bow
is that boy is while bow is a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows or bow can be a gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist or bow can be (nautical) the front of a boat or ship.As a verb bow is
to play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow or bow can be to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.boy
English
Alternative forms
* boi (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisers' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.
- Dost thou call me fool, boy ?
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys , but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
- I like the boy .
Synonyms
* brat * knave * lad * squirt * youngster * youth * See alsoSee also
* (African-American) uncleAntonyms
* (young male) girlDerived terms
* altar boy * attaboy * bad boy * bagboy * ball boy, ballboy * bat boy * b-boy * bell boy, bellboy * best boy * big boys * blue-eyed boy * boi * boy band * boy-bishop * boy crazy * boyfriend * boy genius * boyhood * boy howdy * boyish * boyism * boykin (diminutive) * boy oh boy * boy racer * boys and their toys * boy scout * boytjie * boy toy * boys will be boys * boy wonder * bully boy * bum boy * cabin boy * city boy * college boy * copy boy * cowboy * delivery boy * doughboy * farm boy * frat boy * golden boy * homeboy * house boy * lawnboy * little boy * lowboy * mama’s boy]], [[mummy's boy, mummy’s boy * my boy * nancy boy * newsboy * office boy * oh boy * old boy * our boy * page boy, pageboy * paper boy, paperboy * pizza boy, pizzaboy * pool boy * poor boy, po’ boy * poster boy * potboy * pretty boy * rent boy * sailor boy * sea boy * shop boy * sonny boy * stableboy * tallboy * Teddy boy * tomboy * traffic boy * water boy * whipping boy * whiteboy, white boy * wide boy * wolf boy * yellow boy, yellow-boyDescendants
* Irish English: boyo * Vietnamese:Verb
(en verb)- I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
See also
* girl, man (antonyms in some senses) * *References
*Statistics
*Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----bow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) boga, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I do set my bow in the cloud.
Synonyms
* (bow-shaped bend) arc, bend, curve * (tool for playing stringed instruments) fiddlestickDerived terms
* bow and arrow * bowman * bowmanship * composite bow * compound bow * crossbow * longbow * oxbow * rainbow * shortbow * bow tieVerb
(en verb)- The musician bowed his violin expertly.
- The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
- We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness.
- The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny.
- Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
- not to bow and bias their opinions
- Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.Verb
(en verb)- The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "Follow me and I will show you your room."
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
Derived terms
* bow down * bow out * bow and scrape * take a bowNoun
(en noun)- He bowed politely as he entered the room.
- The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
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Etymology 3
From (etyl) boech or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow , though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.}}