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Meaning of "embowed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMBOWED

embowed  [ɪmˈbəʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBOWED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Embowed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EMBOWED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Embowed

Embowed is a term in heraldry and architecture which means: ▪ curved like a bowbent, or ▪ having an arch or arches but, in the Anglophone heraldries, concave ones, not bulging out convex ones.

Definition of embowed in the English dictionary

The definition of embowed in the dictionary is designed or created in the form of an arch or vault.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMBOWED


abode
əˈbəʊd
bode
bəʊd
code
kəʊd
download
ˈdaʊnˌləʊd
episode
ˈɛpɪˌsəʊd
forbode
fɔːˈbəʊd
forebode
fɔːˈbəʊd
load
ləʊd
mode
məʊd
node
nəʊd
ode
əʊd
overload
ˌəʊvəˈləʊd
postcode
ˈpəʊstˌkəʊd
railroad
ˈreɪlˌrəʊd
rainbowed
ˈreɪnˌbəʊd
reload
riːˈləʊd
road
rəʊd
rode
rəʊd
Unicode
ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd
upload
ʌpˈləʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMBOWED

emboscata
embosk
embosom
emboss
embossable
embossed
embosser
embossment
embothrium
embouchure
embound
embourgeoise
embourgeoisement
embow
embowel
embowelment
embower
embowerment
embowment
embox

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMBOWED

arrowed
avowed
beetle-browed
bloodied but unbowed
bowed
cowed
hallowed
nowed
snowed
unallowed
unavowed
unbestowed
unbowed
unfellowed
unhallowed
unpillowed
unplowed
unwinnowed
well-endowed
widowed

Synonyms and antonyms of embowed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «embowed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMBOWED

Find out the translation of embowed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of embowed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «embowed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

embowed
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embowed
570 millions of speakers

English

embowed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

embowed
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

embowed
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

embowed
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embowed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

embowed
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ployé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diterapkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

embowed
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

embowed
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

embowed
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Embedded
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

embowed
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

embowed
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभिनंदन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

embowed
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

embowed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

embowed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

embowed
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

embowed
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

embowed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

embowed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

embowed
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

embowed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of embowed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBOWED»

The term «embowed» is used very little and occupies the 171.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBOWED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «embowed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «embowed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about embowed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBOWED»

Discover the use of embowed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to embowed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests: Heraldic Crests of Suffolk ...
An arm embowed in armour the hand grasping a bow strung and fully bent in fesse the arrow in pale point upwards Proper. CUDDON. Fairbairn*, 'Norf. and Suff.' An arm embowed in armour Proper garnished Or the gauntlet grasping a branch ...
Joan Corder, John Blatchly, 1998
2
Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry
In this the head proceeds from the middle, and the tail is contrary embowed. See Plate XLIX. No. 3, fig. 13. Serpent, embowed, the head debruised, or surmounted of the tail ; also blazoned, embowed in form of a dragon's tail, and turned round ...
William Berry, 1828
3
Display of Heraldry
119 Dolphins are generally borne in armory in a horizontal position, called naiant , that is, swimming ; and in the form called embowed, that is, the back bent upward. They are then said to be naiant embowed. Gules, a dolphin naiant embowed ...
William Newton, 1846
4
Dictionary of Heraldry
Torqued erect in pale, or erect wavy 29 • — head and tail elevated and bowed 30 — nowed reversed 31 — wreathed tail embowed debruised. Tail erect and torqued 32 — gliding tail embowed. Reguard- ant tail embowed. Reversed head  ...
Charles Norton Elvin, Elvin, 2009
5
Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain ...
O'Brien, Viscount Clare (attainted), a dexter arm embowed, vested gu., brandishing a sword ppr., pommel and hilt or. Lamh laidir an nacMar. 204. 1 O' Brien, Sir John Terence Nicholls, 88, Eccleston Square, S.W., same crest. O'Brien , see ...
6
A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Dorset). dolphin embowed ar. Janus (Dorsetshire). A2. a fesse betw. three dolphins or. J was (Bishop of Durham). Sa. a dolphin embowed ar. (in some copies) betw. three crosses crosslet or. James (Kent). 8a. a dolphin in fesse ar. finned or.
John Burke, Bernard Burke, 1842
7
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
the elbow, and this is signified by the term “ embowed," and an arm embowed necessarily includes the whole arm. Fig. 262 shows the usual position of an arm embowed, but it is sometimes placed embowed to the dexter (Fig. 263), upon the  ...
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1978
8
Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, ...
Go. a dolphin naiant, embowed or. JAMES (Wyke House, Gillingham, со. Dorset). Az. a dolphin embowed ar. JAMES (Dorsetshire). Az. a fesse betw. three dolphins or. JAMES (Bishop of Durham). Sa. a dolphin embowed ar. (in some copies'} ...
John Burke, Sir John Bernard Burke, 1844
9
British Crests: Containing The Creats And Mottos Of The ...
... passant, argent, attired, or. PL 25. cr. 6. Nowers, Eng. a mortar, or, and therein a pestle. PL 101. cr. 2. Nowlan, lri. an arm in armour, azure, hand proper, couped at tire shoulder, embowed, and resting the elbow on the wreath and holding ...
Alexander Deuchar, 1817
10
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, ...
Crest — An arm in armour embowed grasping a sword by the blade all ppr. Jacobs (Ripple, со. Kent). Quarterly, dancettée sa. and or, in the first quarter a pelican of the last. Jacomb (Burton Lazers, со. Leicester; granted 20 April, 1672).
Bernard Burke, Sir, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBOWED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term embowed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird
The distinction between youth and maturity is as necessary to the play as it is the novel because, embowed with hindsight, adult scout throws ... «The Edinburgh Journal, Feb 15»
2
Wearing a kilt revives one's Scottish heritage
We have a fancy clan crest ("an arm embowed, proper"), a motto ("Invictus maneo," "I remain unvanquished") and a handsome tartan. «Homer News, Aug 11»
3
Ferrari California By Novitec Rosso: The 500 HP California
The aerodynamics are showed to good advantage by a small spoiler, embowed just as much as not to ruin the harmony of the Ferrari lines. Also, we should say ... «Mibz, Dec 09»

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