Bow
Bow verb - To turn away from a straight line or course.
Usage example: the river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea
Round is a synonym for bow in bend over topic. In some cases you can use "Round" instead the word "Bow" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like straight, bend from waist.
Round
How words are described
| good | good bow | good round |
| special | special bow | special round |
| long | long bow | long round |
| normal | normal bow | normal round |
| Other adjectives: regular, standard, light, simple, heavy, small, powerful, actual, entire, real, massive, large, new, unique, final, double, last, different, red. | ||
Common collocations
| ankles | bow ankles | round ankles |
Both words in one sentence
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Wooden sailing vessels were vulnerable at the bow and stern both because the guns were pointing elsewhere and the attackers shot could go all the way down the deck causing more mayhem per round.
- Characters who knew how to use a bow would always do better to use the bow if they planned to make more than one attack in a round or spend more than one round shooting.
Source: Scrappy Weapon -
This maneuver is called "porting round," is intended to swing the ship's stern away while only presenting the bow to the hazard, and is exactly the right move in that situation.
Source: Film / Titanic (1997)
Cite this Source
Round and Bow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bow/round
Bow & Round. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bow/round>.
Round or Bow. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bow/round.
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