Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bow down before the porcelain god

present participle of bow down before the porcelain god

A food quality marking which denotes the date until which a food item is guaranteed to be at its best.

One cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.

(dated) Wearing amulets or talismans.

(law) Before the commission of a crime. / Assumed prior to factual study; ipso facto true, good, or correct; a priori

(of a switch or other electronic device) That creates a new electrical connection before an older one is broken.

In one's plain view. / (especially of a surprising or negative event) Experienced viscerally but with a degree of detachment, often due to being powerless to change the circumstances.

(transitive, archaic) To fasten.

Covered in ferns.