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bowed down

bowed down is the simple past and past participle of bow down.

Meaning of bow down

Verb

bow down (third-person singular simple present bows down, present participle bowing down, simple past and past participle bowed down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect.
    • 8 Thou shalt not make thee any grauen image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.
      9 Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 5:8–10
  2. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To submit to another; to acknowledge one's inferiority to another.
    • You better bow down to my skills.

Questions about bowed down

What is bowed down the simple past and past participle of?
Bowed down is the simple past and past participle of bow down.

Words near bowed down in the dictionary

  1. Bowdry
  2. Bowdrys
  3. bowe
  4. bowed
  5. bowed and scraped
  6. bowed down
  7. bowed down before the porcelain god
  8. bowed dulcimer
  9. bowed dulcimers
  10. bowed guitar
  11. bowed guitars

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