Definition of armed Armed

/ɑˈɹmd/ - [armd] - armed

We found 15 definitions of armed from 7 different sources.

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What does armed mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

armed, armedder, armeddest

armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
  unarmed (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
  burred, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, setose, burry, setaceous, spiny, prickly, barbed, bristly, thorny having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
  bristlelike resembling a bristle
  brushlike resembling a brush; "brushlike blue blooms"
  thistlelike resembling a thistle
armed - (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery"
  unarmed (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
  armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
  weaponed, equipped carrying weapons
  light-armed armed with light equipment and weapons; "a light-armed brigade"
armed - having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva"
  armless having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo"
  armlike resembling an arm
  brachiate having arms or armlike appendages
  long-armed having relatively long arms
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • armed (Adjective)
    Equipped, especially with a weapon.
  • armed (Adjective)
    Of a weapon prepared for use; loaded.
  • armed (Adjective)
    Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  • armed (Adjective)
    Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • armed (imp. & p. p.)
    of Arm
  • armed (a.)
    Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
  • armed (a.)
    Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  • armed (a.)
    Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • armed
    Equipped, especially with a weapon.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • armed
    Completely equipped for war.--Armed at all points, covered with armour.--Armed "en flute," see FLUTE.--Armed mast, made of more than one tree.--Armed ship, a vessel fitted out by merchants to annoy the enemy, and furnished with letters of marque, and bearing a commission from the Admiralty to carry on warlike proceedings.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • armed
    Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection; furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. Armed neutrality, the condition of affairs when a nation assumes a threatening position, and maintains an armed force to repel any aggression on the part of belligerent nations between which it is neutral.

Part of speech

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  • armed, verb, past participle of arm (infinitive).
  • armed, verb, past simple of arm (infinitive).

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