Meaning of BARBED
| Pronunciation: | | bârbd
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- [adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
- [adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
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| | Synonyms: | | armed, barbellate, biting, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, mordacious, nipping, prickly, pungent, sarcastic, spiny, thorny |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
{Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
\Barbed\, a.
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
wire.
{Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
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| | Related Terms: | | acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated |
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