ALL meanings of armed
armed
A a - adjective armed Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. 3
- adjective armed An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons. 3
- adjective armed equipped with or supported by arms, armour, etc 3
- adjective armed prepared for conflict or any difficulty 3
- adjective armed (of an explosive device) prepared for use; having a fuse or detonator installed 3
- adjective armed (of plants) having the protection of thorns, spines, etc 3
- adjective armed having an arm or arms 3
- adjective armed (in combination) 3
- adjective armed provided with arms (weapons), armor, etc. 3
- adjective armed having arms (limbs) of a specified kind 3
- adjective armed using weapons 1
- adjective armed equipped with sth 1
- adjective armed bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol. 1
- adjective armed maintained by arms: armed peace. 1
- adjective armed involving the use of weapons: armed conflict. 1
- adjective armed equipped: The students came armed with their pocket calculators. 1
- adjective armed (especially of an animal) covered protectively, as by a shell. 1
- adjective armed fortified; made secure: Armed by an inveterate optimism, he withstood despair. 1
- adjective armed (of an artillery shell, bomb, missile, etc.) having the fuze made operative. 1
- noun armed Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms. 1
- noun armed arms, Heraldry. the escutcheon, with its divisions, charges, and tinctures, and the other components forming an achievement that symbolizes and is reserved for a person, family, or corporate body; armorial bearings; coat of arms. 1
- verb without object armed to enter into a state of hostility or of readiness for war. 1
- verb with object armed to equip with weapons: to arm the troops. 1
- verb with object armed to activate (a fuze) so that it will explode the charge at the time desired. 1
- verb with object armed to cover protectively. 1
- verb with object armed to provide with whatever will add strength, force, or security; support; fortify: He was armed with statistics and facts. 1
- verb with object armed to equip or prepare for any specific purpose or effective use: to arm a security system; to arm oneself with persuasive arguments. 1
- verb with object armed to prepare for action; make fit; ready. 1
- idioms armed bear arms, to carry weapons. to serve as a member of the military or of contending forces: His religious convictions kept him from bearing arms, but he served as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross. 1
- idioms armed take up arms, to prepare for war; go to war: to take up arms against the enemy. 1
- idioms armed under arms, ready for battle; trained and equipped: The number of men under arms is no longer the decisive factor in warfare. 1
- idioms armed up in arms, ready to take action; indignant; outraged: There is no need to get up in arms over such a trifle. 1
- noun armed Equipped with or carrying a weapon or weapons. 1
- adjective armed carrying weapons 1
- verb armed simple past tense and past participle of arm. 0
- adjective armed (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon. 0
- adjective armed (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded. 0
- adjective armed (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. 0
- adjective armed (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type. 0
- adjective armed (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type. 0
- adjective armed (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself. 0