bowed has definitions from the fields of music,architecture
1
[ adjective ] used especially of the head or upper back

Synonyms

inclined bent

Examples

"a bent head and sloping shoulders"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

The horse walked , the reins were slack , the huckster rode with bowed shoulders , his forearms across his knees .

Related terms

unerect

2
[ adjective ] (music) of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow

Related terms

plucked music

3
[ adjective ] have legs that curve outward at the knees

Related terms

unfit

4
[ adjective ] (architecture) forming or resembling an arch

Examples

"an arched ceiling"

Related terms

architecture curved

5
[ adjective ] showing an excessively deferential manner

Synonyms

bowing

Related terms

submissive

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