# bowed

Pronunciation: say "BOWD" /baʊd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bow. — simple past and past participle of bow
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bow. Use it for the action of bending the body that already happened.
   - _The dancers bowed deeply as the curtain fell._
   - _He bowed his head in prayer before the meal._

## Adjective

Pronunciation: say "BOHD" US /boʊd/, UK /bəʊd/

2. Bent or curved away from a straight line.
   - Simple: Bent into a curve instead of staying straight.
   - _The carpenter replaced the bowed plank before it cracked._
   - _After the storm, the fence posts stood bowed and leaning._
3. Equipped with a bow as a weapon; used at the end of compounds that describe the bow, as in silver-bowed or weak-bowed.
   - Simple: Having a bow for shooting arrows. Used at the end of a joined word, like silver-bowed.
   - _Strong-bowed archers can reach the far targets that beginners with lighter gear cannot._
   - _The museum's vase shows silver-bowed Artemis drawing an arrow beside her brother._
4. Of a stringed instrument, having a bow used to play it.
   - Simple: Played with a bow, the way a violin is.
   - _The orchestra's bowed instruments include violins and cellos._
   - _Most folk traditions feature at least one bowed string instrument._
5. Of a note or passage, produced by drawing a bow across the strings rather than plucking them.
   - Simple: Played by moving a bow across the strings, not by plucking them.
   - _The cellist gave the bowed phrase a warm, singing tone._
   - _The opening stays bowed before the players switch to plucking._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bowed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).