armed
//ɑɹmd//
Forms
- Comparative
- more armed
- Superlative
- most armed
Definitions
1.Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
2.Prepared for use; loaded.
- Tom got locked up for armed robbery.
3.Having prickles or thorns.
- Tom got locked up for armed robbery.
4.Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- Tom got locked up for armed robbery.
1.simple past and past participle of arm
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2992
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English arm
Old English -ed
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz
Old English -od
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English armed
From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.