What part of speech is arming?

Arming can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. arming is a verb, gerund of arm (infinitive).
  • 2. arming is a noun, singular of armings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does arming mean?

Definitions

Verb

arm - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

Noun

arming - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Examples of arming

#   Sentence  
1. verb People have started arming themselves.
2. verb Algeria is arming.
3. verb On the other hand, the US should strong-arm India and Pakistan into a final settlement of the Kashmir issue.
4. verb It is a daily occurrence that the same people who finance, arm and dispatch suicide murderers, condemn the act in English in front of western TV cameras, talking to a world audience, which even partly believes them.
5. verb His utter failure at the last peace conference has taught him to arm himself to the teeth with new tricks and tactics.
6. verb They would arm administrators with so much detailed and up to date information.
7. verb They asked for permission to arm their ships.
8. verb You wanna arm wrestle?
9. verb Do you want to arm wrestle?
10. verb Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
11. verb "Take we the Danaans' bucklers; with a foe / who asks, if craft or courage guide the blow? / Themselves shall arm us."
12. verb "I was an investment banker, the child of refugees, who felt unfulfilled with their own life and my contribution to society,” he said. “So I felt young people had to choose: be good or be cold-hearted investment bankers. So I created The Hult Prize as a platform to equip them, arm them, and then deploy capital to these young people and their ideas; capital that can help them change the world."
13. noun The arm of the record player.
14. noun An arm of the sea.
15. noun They had gagged me, and Murillo twisted my arm round until I gave him the address.
16. noun Almost every day he'd even wake me up like 5am in the morning, trying to bite my arm.
17. noun It costs an arm and a leg.
18. noun I've got mosquito bites all over my arm.
19. noun I have a very sore arm where you hit me.
20. noun You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
21. noun Somebody caught me by the arm.
22. noun She screamed with horror as someone took hold of her arm.
23. noun I felt something crawling up my arm.
24. noun I can't stretch my right arm.
25. noun I can't lift my right arm.
26. noun I think my right arm is broken.
27. noun I can't bend my right arm.
Sentence  
verb
People have started arming themselves.
Algeria is arming.
On the other hand, the US should strong-arm India and Pakistan into a final settlement of the Kashmir issue.
It is a daily occurrence that the same people who finance, arm and dispatch suicide murderers, condemn the act in English in front of western TV cameras, talking to a world audience, which even partly believes them.
His utter failure at the last peace conference has taught him to arm himself to the teeth with new tricks and tactics.
They would arm administrators with so much detailed and up to date information.
They asked for permission to arm their ships.
You wanna arm wrestle?
Do you want to arm wrestle?
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
"Take we the Danaans' bucklers; with a foe / who asks, if craft or courage guide the blow? / Themselves shall arm us."
"I was an investment banker, the child of refugees, who felt unfulfilled with their own life and my contribution to society,” he said. “So I felt young people had to choose: be good or be cold-hearted investment bankers. So I created The Hult Prize as a platform to equip them, arm them, and then deploy capital to these young people and their ideas; capital that can help them change the world."
noun
The arm of the record player.
An arm of the sea.
They had gagged me, and Murillo twisted my arm round until I gave him the address.
Almost every day he'd even wake me up like 5am in the morning, trying to bite my arm.
It costs an arm and a leg.
I've got mosquito bites all over my arm.
I have a very sore arm where you hit me.
You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
Somebody caught me by the arm.
She screamed with horror as someone took hold of her arm.
I felt something crawling up my arm.
I can't stretch my right arm.
I can't lift my right arm.
I think my right arm is broken.
I can't bend my right arm.

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