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Curtsy
01
a formal gesture of respect or greeting, performed by women or girls, involving a slight lowering of the body by bending the knees
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
curtsies
Examples
She gave a graceful curtsy before entering the ballroom.
to curtsy
01
(of women or girls) to perform the respectful gesture of bending the knees slightly as a form of greeting or deference
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
curtsy
3rd person singular
curtsies
present participle
curtsying
past simple
curtsied
past participle
curtsied
Examples
She curtsied before the monarch with practiced ease.
