قَوْس — meaning in English

English meaning

• bow noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
• bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.

Senses

قَوْس is used for these senses in English:

• bow rod used for playing stringed instruments
• bracket generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.

bow — full definition

1. noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
2. noun A rod strung with hair, used to play a stringed instrument.
3. noun A knot with two loops, often used for decoration or to tie laces.
4. verb To bend forward at the waist, or lower the head, as a sign of respect or greeting.
5. verb To give in or stop resisting.

bracket — full definition

1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

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