New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: bow tie · cop to · do to · go to · hew to · on to · bow down · big toe · blow in · blow up

bow to

1 (v + prep) submit to, accept TRANSITIVEgéill do PhrV c m uéist le PhrV c m uto bow to the inevitable géilleadh do rud nach bhfuil aon neart agat air 2 (v + prep) acknowledge influence TRANSITIVEher writing bows to American writers tá lorg scríbhneoirí Mheiriceá ar a saothar → see bow

Phrases and Examples in other entries

bow¹ »

to bow and scrape pejorative bheith ag plámás, bheith ag lútáil, bheith ag pláibistéireachtthey were bowing and scraping to the boss bhí siad ag lútáil leis an mbas
bow¹ »

to bow the knee to sb/sth do ghlúin a fheacadh do dhuine, umhlú do dhuine
bow¹ »

to take your bow (also to take a bow)1 bow to audience umhlaighthe musicians took their bow d'umhlaigh na ceoltóirí don lucht féachana2 receive acknowledgementthe cast should take a bow tá moladh mór tuillte ag an bhfoireann
bow¹ »

she bowed to her opponent chlaon sí i dtreo a céile comhraic
bow¹ »

they made a bow to each other d'umhlaigh siad dá chéile
bow¹ »

his work makes a bow to Monet tá lorg Monet ar a shaothar
bow down »

we won't bow down to any pressure ní ghéillfimid d'aon bhrú
head »

to hang your head in shame (also to bow your head in shame) náire a bheith ort, ceann faoi a bheith ort, do cheann a chromadh le náire
knee »

to bend the knee to sb/sth (also to bow the knee to sb/sth) an ghlúin a fheacadh do dhuine/rud, umhlú do dhuine/rudhe won't bend the knee to anybody ní fheacfaidh seisean glúin d'aon duine, níl beann aigesean ar aon duine
second¹ »

to have a second string to your bow ruaim eile a bheith ar do shlat agat
string »

to have a lot of strings to your bow (also to have more than one string to your bow)she has a lot of strings to her bow is iomaí ruaim ar a slat aici, tá go leor abhras ar a coigeal aici
string »

to string a bow sreang a chur le bogha

See more results »

bow to

Phrases and Examples in other entries

Browse index