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bowed

adjective

Definition

 
/bəʊd/
 
US  /boʊd/
curved:
The table had delicate bowed legs.Bending, twisting and curving
 
 
/baʊd/
bent over:
He struggled along the path, bowed under the weight of the heavy bags he was carrying.Not holding the body uprightReclining
(Definition of bowed adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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