Bowed — synonyms, bowed antonyms, definition

1. bowed (a) 2

bending bent crooked curved deformed hilly hooked protruding salient serpentine swelling tortuous warped winding

2. bowed (Adjective) 2

arced arched arching arciform arcuate bandy bandy-legged bowing bowleg bowlegged plucked

bowed (Adjective) — (music) of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow.

bowed (Adjective) — (architecture) forming or resembling an arch.

bowed (Adjective) — Showing an excessively deferential manner.

bowed (Adjective) — Have legs that curve outward at the knees.

3. bowed (Verb) 2

acceded bowed down deferred gave in stooped submitted

bowed (Verb) — Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head. ex. "He bowed before the King" ex. "She bowed her head in shame" ex. "He bowed down before the King"

bowed (Verb) — Yield to another's wish or opinion. ex. "The government bowed to the military pressure"

bowed (Verb) — Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting. ex. "He bowed before the King"

bowed (Verb) — Bend one's back forward from the waist on down. ex. "She bowed before the Queen"

bent buckled under changed posture flexed gave in gesticulated gestured knuckled under motioned succumbed yielded congeed cowered curtseyed curtsied genuflected huddled kowtowed scraped squinched took a bow bow down