elbowed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlbəʊd/

Verb

elbowed

1. simple past and past participle of elbow

Adjective

elbowed (not comparable)

1. Having bends or corners.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.

2. (in combination) Having some specific type of elbow

Derived terms

• elbowedness
• sharp-elbowed
• unelbowed

 

Anagrams

• boweled