Bug — 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.
• bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
• forward adj Located at or moving toward the front.
• prow noun The front part of a vessel.

Senses

Bug is used for these senses in English:

• bow (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
• bug (chiefly, _, computing, engineering, _, jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
• forebody (nautical) The part of the vessel forward of amidships; foreship, forecastle.
• foreship (archaic) The fore part of a ship.
• forward (nautical) The front part of a vessel.

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.

bug — full definition

1. noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
2. noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
3. noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
4. noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
5. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

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