English Explanatory Dictionary

armed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Equipped, especially with a weapon.
  2. Equipped with a gun.
  3. Prepared for use; loaded.
  4. Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  5. Having prickles or thorns.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of arm
adj
  1. Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  2. Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
  3. Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.

Pronunciation

en-us-armed.ogg /ɑɹmd/ /ɑːmd/ /ˈɑːɹmɪd/

Word forms

armed more armed most armed

Etymology

From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.

Antonyms

armless

Derived words

armed and dangerous armed bullhead armed conflict armed forces armed merchantman armedness armed neutrality armed police armed probe armed rebellion armed response armed revolt armed robbery armed secession armed struggle armed to the teeth biarmed busy as a one-armed paperhanger multiarmed nonarmed nuclear-armed triarmed unarmed cross-armed long-armed squid multi-armed multi-armed bandit one-armed one-armed bandit open-armed tri-armed two-armed

Translations

Albanian: armatosur Arabic: مُسَلَّح Armenian: զինված Belarusian: узбро́ены Bulgarian: въоръже́н Catalan: armat Chinese Mandarin: 武裝的 /武装的 Czech: ozbrojený Danish: bevæpnet Dutch: gewapend Esperanto: armita Finnish: varustettu Finnish: aseistautunut Finnish: aseistettu French: armé German: bewaffnet Greek: ένοπλος Ancient Greek: ἔνοπλος Hindi: मुसल्लह Hindi: हथियारबंद Hindi: सशस्त्र Icelandic: vopnaður Italian: armato Northern Kurdish: çekdar Latin: armātus Latin: armiger Luxembourgish: bewaffent Luxembourgish: arméiert Macedonian: вооружен Māori: maupū Māori: maurākau Marathi: सशस्त्र Marathi: शस्त्रसज्ज Marathi: शस्त्रधारी Marathi: हत्यारबंद Norwegian Bokmål: bevæpnet Norwegian Bokmål: bevæpna Old Church Slavonic: орѫжьнъ Old English: ġewǣpnod Persian: مسلح Persian: زیناوند Persian: افزارمند Plautdietsch: bewaufnet Polish: uzbrojony Polish: zbrojny Portuguese: armado Romanian: armat Romanian: înarmat Russian: вооружённый Russian: вооружи́вшийся Sardinian: armàdu Serbo-Croatian: о̀ружа̄н Serbo-Croatian: на̏оружа̄н Serbo-Croatian: òružān Serbo-Croatian: nȁoružān Slovak: ozbrojený Slovene: oborožen Spanish: armado [con] Spanish: armífero Spanish: provisto [de] Swedish: beväpnad
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