armed

See also -armed

English

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Etymology 1

• Past participle of arm (below).

Adjective

armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed)

1. Equipped, especially with a weapon.
2. (Of a weapon) prepared for use; loaded.

Derived terms

• armed forces
• armed robber
• armed robbery
• armed to the teeth

Translations

equipped, especially with a weapon

Albanian: armatosur (i/e) Bulgarian: въоръжен (bg) Dutch: gewapend (nl) Finnish: aseistautunut (the person has armed him-/herself), aseistettu (someone else has armed him/her)

French: armé (fr) German: bewaffnet (de) Italian: armato (it) Portuguese: armado (pt) Romanian: armat (ro) Russian: вооружённый (ru) (vooružónnyj), вооружившийся (ru) (vooružívšijs'a) Spanish: armado (es)

prepared for use

Russian: снаряжённый (ru) (snarjažónnyj), (figurative) вооружённый (ru) (vooružónnyj)

Verb

armed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of arm.

Etymology 2

Arm, the upper limb of the body + -ed past participle.

Adjective

armed (not comparable)

1. (rarely) Having an arm or arms.
2. (heraldry) Pertaining to the horns, teeth, or tusks of beasts or pertaining to the beaks and talons of birds when these parts are coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.

Derived terms

• one-armed
• two-armed
• three-armed
• etc. See -armed.

Anagrams

• ad rem
• derma
• dream
• m'dear
• ramed