Definition of bowed
1 : bent downward and forward listened with bowed heads
2 : having the back and head inclined
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Origin and Etymology of bowed
past participle of 1bow
Origin and Etymology of bowed
partly from 3bow + -ed; partly from past participle of 4bow
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