bowed
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bowed
used a bow on a stringed instrument: bowed a bass violin
Not to be confused with:
bode – to be an omen of; to portend: The future bodes well for you.
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bow 1
(bou)n. Nautical
1. The front section of a ship or boat.
2. Either of the sides of this front section: the starboard bow.
3. The oar or the person wielding the oar closest to the bow in a racing shell.
bow 2
(bou)v. bowed, bow·ing, bows
v.intr.
1. To bend or curve downward; stoop.
2. To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
3. To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit. See Synonyms at yield.
v.tr.
1. To bend (the head, knee, or body) to express greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
2. To convey (greeting, for example) by bending the body.
3. To escort deferentially: bowed us into the restaurant.
4. To cause to acquiesce; submit.
5. To overburden: Grief bowed them down.
n.
Phrasal Verb: An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
bow out
Idiom: To remove oneself; withdraw.
bow and scrape
To behave obsequiously.
bow 3
(bō)n.
1. A bent, curved, or arched object.
2. A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows.
3.
a. An archer.
b. Archers considered as a group.
4.
a. Music A rod having horsehair drawn tightly between its two raised ends, used in playing instruments of the violin and viol families.
b. A stroke made by this rod.
5. A knot usually having two loops and two ends; a bowknot.
6.
a. A frame for the lenses of a pair of eyeglasses.
b. The part of such a frame passing over the ear.
7. A rainbow.
8. An oxbow.
v. bowed, bow·ing, bows
v.tr.
1. To bend (something) into the shape of a bow.
2. Music To play (a stringed instrument) with a bow.
v.intr.
1. To bend into a curve or bow.
2. Music To play a stringed instrument with a bow.
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bowed
(baʊd)adj
1. lowered; bent forward; curved: bowed head; bowed back.
2. bowed down (foll by: by or with) weighed down; troubled: bowed down by grief.
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| Adj. | 1. | bowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner plucked - of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum |
| 2. |  bowed - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" | |
| 3. |  bowed - have legs that curve outward at the kneesunfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" | |
| 4. | bowed - showing an excessively deferential manner |
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bowed
adjective bent, lowered, angled, curved, arched, inclined, crooked, hunched, stooped, procumbent He walked aimlessly, head down and shoulders bowed.
erect, upright, straight-backed
erect, upright, straight-backed
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bowed
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
ohnutýskloněný
tynget
meghajolt
svignaîur, boginn
ohnutý
eğilmişeğri
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bow1
(bau) verb1. to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc. He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.
2. (with to) to accept. I bow to your superior knowledge.
noun a bowing movement. He made a bow to the ladies.
bowed adjective (often with down) bent downwards, eg by the weight of something. The trees were bowed down with fruit.
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bowed
adj (curved) encorvado, arqueadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.