BOWED
Dictionary entry overview: What does bowed mean?
• BOWED (adjective)
The adjective BOWED has 5 senses:
1. used especially of the head or upper back
2. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
3. forming or resembling an arch
4. have legs that curve outward at the knees
5. showing an excessively deferential manner
Familiarity information: BOWED used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• BOWED (adjective)
Meaning:
Used especially of the head or upper back
Synonyms:
bowed; inclined; bent
Context example:
a bent head and sloping shoulders
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Meaning:
Of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Antonym:
plucked (of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum)
Meaning:
Forming or resembling an arch
Synonyms:
arced; arching; arciform; arcuate; arched; bowed
Context example:
an arched ceiling
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Meaning:
Have legs that curve outward at the knees
Synonyms:
bandy; bandy-legged; bowlegged; bowleg; bowed
Similar:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
Meaning:
Showing an excessively deferential manner
Synonyms:
bowing; bowed
Similar:
submissive (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination)
