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shot n.

bow2 /bau; NAmE bou/ noun, verb — see also bow1 n noun 1 a weapon used for shooting arrows, consisting of a long curved piece of wood with a tight string joining its ends ^ • He was armed with a bow and arrow,  lr ir 0 2 a knot with two loops and

two loose ends which is used for decoration on clothes, in hair, etc. or for tying shoes ®   :         to tie your

shoelaces in a bow       o Her hair was tied

back in a neat bow.

^ „ —picture o knot 3 a long thin piece of wood with thin string stretched along it, used for playing musical instruments such as the violin — picture o page R8 ITOSl see string n. m verb [V, VN] to use a bow to play a musical instrument that has strings        )

bowd ler ize (BrE also -ise) /'baudlaraiz/ verb [VN] (usually disapproving) to remove the parts of a book, play, etc. that you think are likely to shock or offend people

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Dr Thomas Bowdler, who in 1818 produced a version of Shakespeare from which he had taken out all the material which he considered not suitable for family use. T *     ( Dr Thomas Bowdler )

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bowel /'baual/ noun 1 [C, usually pi.] the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body JH: (medical EE) to empty/move/open your bowels (= to pass solid waste out of the body) 0 bowel cancer/cancer of the

bowel 2 the bowels of sth [pi.] (literary) the part that is deepest inside sth          A rumble came

from the bowels of the earth (= deep underground). AUfeT«#5lt|»lftB|Rl^o

'bowel movement (also movement) noun (medical @E) an act of emptying waste material from the bowels; the waste material that is emptied bower /'baua(r)/ noun (literary) a pleasant place in the shade under trees or climbing plants in a wood or garden/yard          KiB&h

bower-bird /'bauab3:d; NAmE 'bauarb3:rd/ noun a bird found in Australia, the male of which decorates a place with shells, feathers, etc. to attract females         Hr

bow-fin /'baufin; NAmE 'bou-/ noun [pi bow-fin or bow- fins) an American fish with a large head that can survive for a long time out of water *§ M. ( j*f I

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bow-ie knife /'baui naif; NAmE 'boui/ noun a large heavy knife with a long blade, used in hunting fcJlffiJ] bowl 0-pt /baul; NAmE boul/ noun, verb mnoun

►                 CONTAINER 1 [C] (especially in compounds

i*l) a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid M; ffc;       :

a salad/fruit/sugar, etc. bowl 0 a washing-up bowl

►                 AMOUNT M: 2 [C] (also bowl-ful /-ful/) the amount contained in a bowl —-$a, —# ( frlJ M ) : a bowl of soup

►                 SHAPE JRjjt 3 [C] the part of some objects that is shaped like a bowl yQWtftVfcVivfi'fr: the bowl of a spoon

0 a toilet/lavatory bowl — picture o cutlery

►                 THEATRE §||¥; 4 [C] (especially NAmE) (in names

a large round theatre without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors   $i] J^j:        the Hollywood Bowl £F ^

►                 BALL 5$ 5 [C] a heavy wooden ball that is used in the games of bowls and bowling (

GAME 6 bowls [U] (NAmE also 'lawn bowling) a game played on an area of very smooth grass, in which