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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
Example:
armed robbery
Classified under:
Similar:
equipped; weaponed (carrying weapons)
light-armed (armed with light equipment and weapons)
militarised; militarized (issued military arms)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Antonym:
unarmed ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Classified under:
Similar:
barbed; barbellate; briary; briery; bristled; bristly; burred; burry; prickly; setaceous; setose; 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)
thistlelike (resembling a thistle)
clawed; taloned ((of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons)
Antonym:
unarmed ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
Example:
the many-armed goddess Shiva
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
armlike (resembling an arm)
brachiate (having arms or armlike appendages)
long-armed (having relatively long arms)
one-armed (having one arm)
Antonym:
armless (having no arms)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb arm
Context examples:
A gigantic monster, they said, had arrived the night before, armed with a gun and many pistols, putting to flight the inhabitants of a solitary cottage through fear of his terrific appearance.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
They were armed to the teeth with lance, sword, and mace, with square shields notched at the upper right-hand corner to serve as a spear-rest.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These fellows all wore the high white hats which were at that time much affected by the fancy, and they were armed with horse-whips, silver-mounted, and each bearing the P.C. monogram.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well armed, they stole out of the stockade, but it proved a useless mission.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
His plan was to get it accepted by one of the high magazines, and, thus armed, again to wrestle with Brissenden for consent.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Hannah wisely allowed them to relieve their feelings, and when the shower showed signs of clearing up, she came to the rescue, armed with a coffeepot.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But before we go let me see you armed against personal attack.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He insisted upon having two rifles slung upon his back, so that both Professors were armed when he had made his transit.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards—a live arsenal that fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
