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- Dictionaryarmed/ɑːmd/
adjective
- 1. equipped with or carrying a firearm or firearms: "heavily armed troops"
- 2. having claws, a beak, etc. of a specified tincture: "a lion rampant argent, armed and langued azure"
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armed adjective [not gradable] (HAVING WHAT IS NEEDED) If you are armed with something, you know or have access to something that can be useful to you: Kids should be armed with the facts about the disease .
Jun 5, 2013 · The meaning of ARMED is furnished with weapons; also : using or involving a weapon. How to use armed in a sentence.
1. adjective. Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. City police said the man was armed with a revolver. ...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards. The rebels are well organised, disciplined and very well armed. Synonyms: carrying weapons, provided, prepared, supplied More Synonyms of armed. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you're armed, you are carrying some kind of weapon. Armed soldiers are most commonly supplied with guns. In the United States, police officers are almost always armed, while British police usually don't carry guns.
Armed definition: having a specified number or kind of arms (often used in combination). See examples of ARMED used in a sentence.
armed (with something) knowing something or carrying something that you need in order to help you to perform a task. He was armed with all the facts. I sat down by the lake armed with a pair of binoculars. Idioms. armed to the teeth. having many weapons.
a branch, section, or part of an organization: an arm of the government.
1. A weapon, especially a firearm: troops bearing arms; ICBMs, bombs, and other nuclear arms. 2. A branch of a military force: infantry, armor, and other combat arms.
Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Provided with arms (weapons), armor, etc. Webster's New World. Having arms (limbs) of a specified kind. Long- armed. Webster's New World. (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon. Nuclear-armed. Wiktionary. (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded. Wiktionary.
armed meaning, definition, what is armed: carrying weapons, especially a gun: Learn more.
