| Adj. | 1. | bowed - used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"unerect - not upright in position or posture | |
| 2. | bowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bowmusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner plucked - of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum | |
| 3. | bowed - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" curved, curving - not straight; having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" | |
| 4. | bowed - have legs that curve outward at the kneesunfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" | |
| 5. | bowed - showing an excessively deferential mannersubmissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" | |