1. (music) of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
   "The bowed violin produced a rich, melodious sound"
    
2. (architecture) forming or resembling an arch
   "The bowed ceiling created an elegant entrance";
   - arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate

1. Showing an excessively deferential manner
   - bowing
    
2. Have legs that curve outward at the knees
   - bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged

1. (music) play on a stringed instrument with a bow
   "She bowed the violin with great skill"

1. Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
   "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"; "He bowed down before the King";
   - bow down
    
2. Yield to another's wish or opinion
   "The government bowed to the military pressure";
   - submit, defer, accede, give in, acquiesce
    
3. Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
   "He bowed before the King"
    
4. Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
   "She bowed before the Queen";
   - stoop, bend

Sounds like: bode or boughed

See also: arco, curved, curving, prostrate, stoop to, submissive, unfit

Type of: bend, buckle under, change posture, flex, gesticulate, gesture, give in, knuckle under, motion, play, succumb, yield

Antonym: plucked

Encyclopedia: Bowed