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BOWED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing an excessively deferential manner
Synonyms:
bowed; bowing
Classified under:
Similar:
submissive (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
Classified under:
Similar:
arco ((of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the 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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Have legs that curve outward at the knees
Synonyms:
bandy; bandy-legged; bowed; bowleg; bowlegged
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Forming or resembling an arch
Example:
an arched ceiling
Synonyms:
arced; arched; arching; arciform; arcuate; bowed
Classified under:
Adjectives
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb bow
Context examples:
The interrupter bowed, smiled, stroked his beard, and relapsed into his chair.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The officer was the very Mr. Denny concerning whose return from London Lydia came to inquire, and he bowed as they passed.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I only smirked and bowed, and said the word 'happy.'
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He bowed, and Chandos, plucking Sir Oliver by the sleeve, led them both away to the back of the press of courtiers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To Marianne, he merely bowed and said nothing.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
At length, however, he did look towards her, and he bowed—but such a bow!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"I suppose he'll laugh and joke over it with Laurie, but I shan't see them, that's a comfort," thought Amy, as Tudor bowed and departed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The young woman pressed and prodded the wasted muscles, resting her body on her knees, her bowed head hidden as in a cloud by her black wealth of hair.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Like a cat, White Fang bowed his hind-quarters in, and, with the feet digging into his enemy's abdomen above him, he began to claw with long tearing-strokes.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Dr. Sterndale raised his giant figure, bowed gravely, and walked from the arbour.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
