armed
Pronunciation: /ɑɹmd/
The English word “armed” has 8 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- Equipped with a gun.
- Prepared for use; loaded.
- Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- Having prickles or thorns.
- Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
Etymology
From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
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