CUPID'S BOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cupid's bow mean? 

• CUPID'S BOW (noun)
  The noun CUPID'S BOW has 2 senses:

1. the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow

2. a curved bow with reversed curve ends

  Familiarity information: CUPID'S BOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUPID'S BOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("Cupid's bow" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A curved bow with reversed curve ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Cupid's bow" is a kind of...):

bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)