bow down to (someone or something)

: to cease from competition or resistance : submit, yield

: to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame

: to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause

: a bending of the head or body in respect, submission, assent, or salutation

: something bent into a simple curve or arc

: rainbow

: a weapon that is used to propel an arrow and that is made of a strip of flexible material (such as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent

: to bend into a curve

: to play a stringed instrument with a bow (see ³bow 5a)

: to cause to bend into a curve

: the forward part of a ship

: bowman:2

: toward or in a lower physical position

: to a lying or sitting position

: toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom

: down (see ¹down) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on

: to cause to go or come down (see ¹down) : such as

: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting : bring down

: consume

: occupying a low position

: directed or going downward

: lower in price

: descent, depression

: an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)

: a complete play to advance the ball

: an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil

: a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England

: a covering of soft fluffy feathers

: something soft and fluffy like down

: down syndrome

: some person : somebody

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective