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Adjective bowed has 5 senses
- bent, bowed, inclined - used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
- bowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
Antonyms: plucked, pizzicato
- arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via curved)
- bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged - have legs that curve outward at the knees
Antonyms: fit, healthy (indirect, via unfit)
- bowed, bowing - showing an excessively deferential manner
Antonym: domineering (indirect, via submissive)
Verb bow has 5 senses
- bow, bow down - bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
--1 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
- submit, bow, defer, accede, give in - submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
--2 is one way to yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to somebody
- bow - bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
--3 is one way to change posture
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- bow - play on a string instrument
--5 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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