bow down to (someone or something)

:  to cease from competition or resistance :  submit, yield

:  to suffer defeat

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

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

:  a show of respect or submission

:  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

:  bowman

:  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

:  lying on the ground

:  directed or going downward

:  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

:  these feathers

:  something soft and fluffy like down

:  some person :  somebody

:  some indeterminate or unspecified thing

:  a person or thing of consequence

:  one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different

:  in some degree :  somewhat

: used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective