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armed

armed

70 2.5
Having a number of limbs, like five on a starfish
  • adjective
  • /ɑrmd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : con brazos
  • a one-armed figure

Examples

  • Do you see a lot of one-armed men in here?

  • And then he encountered yet again that one-armed individual, a sort of local celebrity.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • It was the one-armed man.

  • At the counter, a one-armed man in a baseball cap was drinking Pepsi from a bottle.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I was a nerdy graduate student at the time, armed only with a laptop and a fascination with jihadi literature.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The soldier was proud to be an armed member of the military during the ceremony.

  • The museum displayed a collection of ancient sculptures, some of which were armed with intricate details.

  • In the painting, the hero stands confidently, armed with a sword and shield against the dark forces.

Synonyms

limbed
vsarmed
1 6.4

With arms or legs, often used to describe people with long ones

is used to specify number or character of appendages instead

Antonyms

2 1.7

Having no arms on the body to pick up or hold things

1 5.0

A creature without arms or legs, like a snake

Idioms

9 5.6

Having many weapons or supplies for protection

Compounds

190 2.3

The military groups of a country, like the army, navy and air force

78 3.2

Stealing from a person or place while using a weapon, usually a gun

12 3.7

Having only one arm

The military groups of a country, like the army, navy, and air force

lightly-armed
  • Specialized
3 5.3

With only small weapons and no heavy guns

A machine in a casino that gives money when you pull a lever

1 4.9

A fight between soldiers or military groups using weapons

1 3.0

A day each year in the United States to honour people who serve in the military

A part of a country's military like the army or navy

1 4.0

Having arms that are long compared with the rest of the body

A small northern Atlantic fish with bony plates and spines

The reading and blocking of letters and messages sent to or from soldiers by military leaders

A group of Islamic extremists in Algeria that uses violent attacks to try to make an Islamic state

An armed group in Algeria that used violence in the 1990s to try to create an Islamic state

A Rwandan rebel group that fought to overthrow the Tutsi government and restore Hutu rule

light-armed
  • Specialized
6.7

Soldiers who carry small, simple weapons and wear little armor

A person who has large strong arms that are good for lifting or fighting

An armed left-wing group in Colombia that fought the government and used kidnapping and the drug trade to fund itself

A political party in Colombia formed by former fighters after the 2016 peace talks

A warm, friendly welcome that makes guests feel wanted

A warm welcome you give by opening your arms to hold someone

A chair with a flat arm that serves as a small desk

Surface Forms

armed positive

Morphology

armed = arm (transparent) = arm + ed

Regular participial/adjectival formation from 'arm' yielding 'having arms/limbs'; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Armed can also mean 'having arms' (limbs) and here it uses the familiar word arm 'limb'. So a five-armed starfish simply has five 'arms', just like your arm reaches out.