[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bow \bow\ bou, v. t. imp.  p. p. bowed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bowing. oe. bowen, bogen, bugen, as. b=ugan generally
   v. i.; akin to d. buigen, ohg. biogan, g. biegen, beugen,
   icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, sw. b"oja, dan. b"oie,
   bugne, coth. biugan; also to l. fugere to flee, gr. ?, and
   skr. bhuj to bend. root88. 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
see also:
bowed bowing fugitive 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
plucked bow-legged 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
bowed bowing 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bowed
     adj 1: used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and
            sloping shoulders" syn: bent, inclined
     2: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
        ant: plucked
     3: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" syn: arced,
         arched, arching, arciform, arcuate
     4: have legs that curve outward at the knees syn: bandy, bandy-legged,
         bowleg, bowlegged
     5: showing an excessively deferential manner syn: bowing
see also:
bent inclined plucked arced arched arching 
arciform arcuate bandy bandy-legged bowleg 
bowlegged bowing 

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