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# curtsy

«curtsy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bow made by bending the knees, one foot behind the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (curtsies); verb (curtsies, curtsied, curtsying), also spelt curtsey

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bow made by bending the knees, one foot behind the other, as a sign of respect, done by a girl or woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/#m1)

2) To curtsy is to make such a bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a girl or woman makes a curtsy to a queen or to a lady of high rank

### examples

- The little girl made a curtsy to the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/#x1)
- She curtsied and smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/#x2)
- Always curtsy when you meet the Queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curtsy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curtsy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.