bowed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of bow. Use it for the action of bending the body that already happened.

   She bowed to the audience after the show.

   The kids bowed when the music ended.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Bent into a curve instead of staying straight.

   Like a stick that bends into a curve when you press on it.

   The old man walked slowly on bowed legs.

   The wooden plank looked bowed in the middle.

   Similarbent, curved, warped, arched

   Oppositestraight

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3. 3
   adjectivein compounds

   Having a bow for shooting arrows. Used at the end of a joined word, like silver-bowed.

   The weak-bowed archers stood closer to the target than everyone else.

   In the old painting, a gold-bowed hunter chases a deer through the woods.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Played with a bow, the way a violin is.

   Like a violin, which needs a bow to make a sound.

   A violin is a bowed instrument.

   She prefers bowed instruments to the guitar.

   Oppositeplucked

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5. 5
   adjective

   Played by moving a bow across the strings, not by plucking them.

   The bowed notes sounded smooth and long.

   She played the bowed section slowly.

   Oppositeplucked

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