'Bowed' definitions:

Definition of 'bowed'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow [ant: plucked]
adjective
Forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed]
adjective
Have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged]
adjective
Showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed, bowing]

Definition of 'Bowed'

From: GCIDE
  • Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen, Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie, bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. [1913 Webster]
  • We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. [1913 Webster]
  • Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. [1913 Webster]
  • They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. --2 Kings ii. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to crush; to subdue. [1913 Webster]
  • Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bowed'

From: GCIDE
  • Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing.] To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bowed'

From: GCIDE
  • bowed \bowed\ adj.
  • 1. bent over; -- used of back or head.
  • Syn: bent, inclined. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with plucked. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. resembling an arch.
  • Syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. same as bow-legged.
  • Syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 5. submitting to the authority of another.
  • Syn: bowing. [WordNet 1.5]