upbow
See also: up bow
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bō, IPA(key): /ˈʌpbəʊ/
- (General American) enPR: bō, IPA(key): /ˈʌpboʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
editupbow (plural upbows)
- (music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.
Verb
editupbow (third-person singular simple present upbows, present participle upbowing, simple past and past participle upbowed)
- (geology) To bend or arc upwards.
- 1960, Edward Wisser, Relation of Ore Deposition to Doming in the North American Cordillera, page 45:
- In terms of the mechanics postulated above, this late deformation cycle started with upbowing of the anticlinal axis to produce the cross joints. Continued upbowing instigated persistent movement along these fractures.