bowed

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of bow
2. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of bow

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).

   “The viol, he argued, was in essence a bowed guitar, the result of a cross-fertilisation between the 15th-century Spanish plucked instrument known as the vihuela de mano and the medieval fiddle.”

   “Heading over to the MacLeod Centre for some fresh air and a quick bowl of soup— forcing myself out of my little office, narrow work-self, out of the head-down attitude that I must finish what I;ve started — and turning the corner, I see a woman in a gold lame/ jacket and woollen hat with earflaps, playing some sort of stringed instrument in the sun. A bowed sultry, somebody says. 'A bowed what?' 'Psalter — as in psalm.'”

   “a bowed instrument”

2. (not-comparable)Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).

   “The value 16/49 is evidently of importance as it corresponds to the first principal mode of vibration of a bowed string.”

   “The mode of vibration of a bowed string is peculiar, since it is not a simple harmonic motion.”

   “Today, the behavior of bowed string instruments is reasonably well understood, and efficient synthesis algorithms allow us to reproduce most of the phenomena that appear in real instruments.”

   “The motion of a bowed string has interested physicists for many years, and much has been written on the subject.”

3. (in-compounds, not-comparable)Equipped with a bow (weapon).

   “[…] the deadly fight / At Sparta sing, that nigh / Kithairon’s heiglits was fought, whereby / The Persian host of bent-bowed archers came / To ruin; […]”

   “Now some of our weak-bowed archers are using glass sights on their bows for 100-yard shooting.”

   “Apollo, augur, bright-bowed archer, well-loved / Music-master of the nine Muses, healer / Whose skill in medicine can ease the body’s / Ills and infirmities, / By thy affection for the Palatine altars / Prolong, we pray, the Roman State and Latium’s / Prosperity into future cycles, nobler / Eras, for evermore.”

   “Say, is He Zeus? or perhaps He’s the silver-bowed archer Apollo?”

   “Let the strong-bowed archers draw their bows.”

4. (not-comparable)Bent or curved.

   “Replace any badly bowed studs, or fix a bowed stud by making a cut into the bowed area, forcing the stud straight, and bracing it with a 1x cleat (see the bottom illustration at right).”

   “A bowed tendon is one of the most serious leg problems for racehorses .”