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bowed
(encz) | bowed,ohnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bowed
(encz) | bowed,skloněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bowed
(gcide) | Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.]
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1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
their natural straightness. --Milton.
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The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
of tyranny. --Prescott.
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2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
--Bacon.
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Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.
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3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
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They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. --2 Kings ii.
15.
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4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
crush; to subdue.
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Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
--Shak.
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5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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bowed
(gcide) | bowed \bowed\ adj.
1. bent over; -- used of back or head.
Syn: bent, inclined.
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2. (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed
musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with
plucked.
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3. resembling an arch.
Syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate.
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4. same as bow-legged.
Syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged.
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5. submitting to the authority of another.
Syn: bowing.
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Bowed
(gcide) | Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.]
To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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bowed
(wn) | bowed
adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
[ant: plucked]
2: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn:
arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed]
3: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy,
bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged]
4: showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed,
bowing] |
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unbowed
(encz) | unbowed,neohnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Bluff-bowed
(gcide) | Bluff-bowed \Bluff"-bowed`\, a. (Naut.)
Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Bowed
(gcide) | Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.]
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1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
their natural straightness. --Milton.
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The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
of tyranny. --Prescott.
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2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
--Bacon.
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Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.
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3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
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They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. --2 Kings ii.
15.
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4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
crush; to subdue.
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Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
--Shak.
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5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
[1913 Webster]bowed \bowed\ adj.
1. bent over; -- used of back or head.
Syn: bent, inclined.
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2. (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed
musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with
plucked.
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3. resembling an arch.
Syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate.
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4. same as bow-legged.
Syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged.
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5. submitting to the authority of another.
Syn: bowing.
[WordNet 1.5]Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.]
To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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Bowed
(gcide) | Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. Fugitive.]
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1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
their natural straightness. --Milton.
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The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
of tyranny. --Prescott.
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2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
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Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
--Bacon.
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Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller.
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3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
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They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him. --2 Kings ii.
15.
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4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
crush; to subdue.
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Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
--Shak.
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5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
[1913 Webster]bowed \bowed\ adj.
1. bent over; -- used of back or head.
Syn: bent, inclined.
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2. (Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed
musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with
plucked.
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3. resembling an arch.
Syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate.
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4. same as bow-legged.
Syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged.
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5. submitting to the authority of another.
Syn: bowing.
[WordNet 1.5]Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowing.]
To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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Elbowed
(gcide) | Elbow \El"bow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elbowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Elbowing.]
To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
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They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the
Royal Exchange. --Macaulay.
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To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the
elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
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High-embowed
(gcide) | High-embowed \High"-em*bowed `\, a.
Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." --Milton.
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Outbowed
(gcide) | Outbowed \Out"bowed`\, a.
Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a
vessel." --Bp. Hall.
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Rainbowed
(gcide) | Rainbowed \Rain"bowed`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]d`), a.
Formed with or like a rainbow.
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Unbowed
(gcide) | Unbowed \Un*bowed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + bowed.]
Not bent or arched; not bowed down. --Byron.
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Unelbowed
(gcide) | Unelbowed \Unelbowed\
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bowed down
(wn) | bowed down
adj 1: heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with
troubles"; "found himself loaded down with
responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers";
"weighed down with cares" [syn: bowed down(p), {loaded
down(p)}, overburdened, weighed down(p)] |
bowed stringed instrument
(wn) | bowed stringed instrument
n 1: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the
strings played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed
instrument}, string] |
unbowed
(wn) | unbowed
adj 1: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with
unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed]
2: not forced to bow down to a conqueror |
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