ADJECTIVE | all | armed | (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms |
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all | armed | having arms or arms as specified | |
all | armed | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
Sounds | aa'rmd | |
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Rhymes | alarmed ... unharmed: 5 rhymes with aarmd... |
Meaning | (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms. | |
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Example | "armed robbery" | |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Narrower | equipped, weaponed | carrying weapons |
light-armed | Armed with light equipment and weapons | |
militarized, militarised | issued military arms | |
Opposite | unarmed | (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms |
Spanish | armado | |
Catalan | armat |
Meaning | Having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination. | |
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Example | "the many-armed goddess Shiva" | |
Narrower | armlike | resembling an arm |
brachiate | Having arms or armlike appendages | |
long-armed | Having relatively long arms | |
one-armed | Having one arm | |
Opposite | armless | Having no arms |
Spanish | armado | |
Catalan | armat |
Meaning | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns. | |
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Narrower | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny | Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
bristlelike | resembling a bristle | |
brushlike | resembling a brush | |
clawed, taloned | (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | |
thistlelike | resembling a thistle | |
Opposite | unarmed | (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns |
Catalan | braquífer |
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