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Definition of Bower

1. Verb. Enclose in a bower.

2. Noun. A framework that supports climbing plants. "The arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"

Definition of Bower

1. n. One who bows or bends.

2. n. One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.

3. n. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.

4. v. t. To embower; to inclose.

5. v. i. To lodge.

6. n. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

Definition of Bower

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Noun. A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle. ¹

3. Noun. (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat. ¹

4. Noun. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods. ¹

5. Noun. (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays. ¹

6. Noun. A peasant; a farmer. ¹

7. Noun. Either of the two highest trumps in euchre. ¹

8. Noun. (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bower

1. to embower [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embower

Medical Definition of Bower

1. 1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; especially, a lady's private apartment. "Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower." (Gascoigne) 2. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. 3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc, twined together; an arbor; a shady recess. Origin: OE. Bour, bur, room, dwelling, AS. Bur, fr. The root of AS. Buan to dwell; akin to Icel. Bur chamber, storehouse, Sw. Bur cage, Dan. Buur, OHG. Pur room, G. Bauer cage, bauer a peasant. 97] Cf.Boor, Byre. 1. One who bows or bends. 2. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. 3. A muscle that bends a limb, especially. The arm. "His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers" "Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew." (Spenser) Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor. Origin: From Bow. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. Origin: From Bough, cf. Brancher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bower

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