Bowed

//baʊd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bow form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of bow form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments). not-comparable

    "The viol, he argued, was in essence a bowed guitar, the result of a cross-fertilisation between the 15th-century Spanish plucked instrument known as the vihuela de mano and the medieval fiddle."

  2. 2
    Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments). not-comparable

    "The value 16/49 is evidently of importance as it corresponds to the first principal mode of vibration of a bowed string."

  3. 3
    Equipped with a bow (weapon). in-compounds, not-comparable

    "[…] the deadly fight / At Sparta sing, that nigh / Kithairon’s heiglits was fought, whereby / The Persian host of bent-bowed archers came / To ruin; […]"

  4. 4
    Bent or curved. not-comparable

    "Replace any badly bowed studs, or fix a bowed stud by making a cut into the bowed area, forcing the stud straight, and bracing it with a 1x cleat (see the bottom illustration at right)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing an excessively deferential manner wordnet
  2. 2
    of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow wordnet
  3. 3
    have legs that curve outward at the knees wordnet
  4. 4
    forming or resembling an arch wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bentarcedarchedarchingarciformarciform

Example

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"The prince bowed down to Snow White."

Related phrases

bowed dulcimerbowed guitarbowed psalteryhair-bowed

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