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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

bowed

· IPA /baʊd/
01 adj. bent over; -- used of back or head.
  1. 1.
    bent over; -- used of back or head.
  2. 2.
    sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with plucked.(Music)
  3. 3.
    resembling an arch.
  4. 4.
    same as bow-legged. See: bow-legged
  5. 5.
    submitting to the authority of another.
Syn. bent, inclined. — Syn. -- arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate. — Syn. -- bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged. — Syn. -- bowing.