To Bow

1. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
2. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
3. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
5. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
6. (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
7. (intransitive) To defer (to something).
8. (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.