Meaning of ARMED
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- [adj] (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery"
- [adj] used of plants and animals
- [adj] having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva"
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| | Synonyms: | | armlike, barbed, barbellate, brachiate, briary, briery, bristled, bristlelike, bristly, brushlike, burred, burry, clawed, equipped, light-armed, militarised, militarized, one-armed, prickly, spiny, taloned, thistlelike, thorny, weaponed |
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| | Definition: | | Armed
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| | Definition: | | \Armed\, a.
1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished
with the means of security or protection. ``And armed
host.'' --Dryden.
2. Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or
efficiency.
A distemper eminently armed from heaven. --De Foe.
3. (Her.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts
and birds of prey.
{Armed at all points} (Blazoning), completely incased in
armor, sometimes described as {armed cap-[`a]-pie}.
--Cussans.
{Armed en flute}. (Naut.) See under {Flute}.
{Armed magnet}, a magnet provided with an armature.
{Armed neutrality}. See under {Neutrality}.
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| | Related Terms: | | accoutered, all ready, all set, armed and ready, arrayed, battled, booted and spurred, briefed, bristling with arms, carrying, catered, cloaked, coached, cocked, copyrighted, covered, defended, deployed, embattled, endowed, engaged, equipped, familiarized, fitted, fitted out, full-armed, furnished, good and ready, groomed, guarded, heavy-armed, heeled, in arms, in battle array, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, invested, invulnerable, light-armed, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized, on the mark, outfitted, patented, planned, policed, prearranged, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, primed, protected, provided, psyched up, purveyed, ranged, ready, ready for anything, rigged, ripe, safe, safeguarded, screened, set, sheltered, shielded, supplied, sword in hand, under arms, up in arms, vigilant, well-armed, well-prepared |
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