Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bent like a bow; embowed. In heraldry also termed flected or reflected.
  • Having a convex or bulging form: as, a bowed shield.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective bent over; -- used of back or head.
  • adjective (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed musical instrument. Contrasted with plucked.
  • adjective resembling an arch.
  • adjective same as bow-legged.
  • adjective submitting to the authority of another.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bow.
  • adjective Having a bow, e.g. a bowed instrument is played with a bow

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing an excessively deferential manner
  • adjective of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
  • adjective have legs that curve outward at the knees
  • adjective forming or resembling an arch

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  • In book collecting, a condition of the covers or boards of a hardcover book when they've turned inward toward the leaves or outward away from the leaves. It is usually the result of a rapid change in the level of moisture in the air and is caused by different rates of expansion or contraction of the pastedown and the outer material covering the board.

    February 25, 2008