armed

adj
/ɑɹmd/US/ɑːmd/UK/ˈɑːɹmɪd/

Etymology

From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

  1. inherited from *h₂r̥mós
  2. inherited from *armaz
  3. inherited from *arm
  4. inherited from earm
  5. inherited from arm
  6. suffixed as armed — “arm + -ed

Definitions

  1. Equipped, especially with a weapon.

    • nuclear-armed
  2. Prepared for use

    Prepared for use; loaded.

  3. Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.

    • a distemper eminently armed from heaven
    • The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. Having prickles or thorns.

    2. simple past and past participle of arm

    3. Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.

    4. Possessing arms of a specified number or type.

      • the four-armed creature
      • the strong-armed man
      • His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.
    5. Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with…

      Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at armed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01armed02furnished03needed04required05mandatory06commanded07command08mastery09war

A definitional loop anchored at armed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at armed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA