# armed

Pronunciation: US say "ARMD" /ɑɹmd/; UK say "AHMD" /ɑːmd/

## Adjective

1. Carrying a weapon, especially a gun, or equipped for fighting.
   - Simple: Carrying a gun or other weapon, or equipped for fighting.
   - _The convoy traveled with an armed escort through the conflict zone._
   - _Rebels seized the depot and slipped away heavily armed._
3. Prepared for use and ready to operate; loaded.
   - Simple: Set and ready to fire, explode, or go off.
   - _The missile sat fully armed in its silo for years._
   - _Technicians confirmed the warhead was armed before launch._
4. Having arms, or parts like arms such as branches, usually of a stated number or kind.
   - Simple: Having arms or parts like arms, often a stated number of them, as in many-armed or seven-armed.
   - _Many Hindu deities are depicted as multi-armed, each hand holding a symbol._
   - _The new mechanical loader is single-armed, lifting one pallet at a time._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of arm, naming the act of arming someone or something rather than the state of being armed. — simple past and past participle of arm
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of arm, describing the action of arming someone or something.
   - _The government armed the resistance with surplus equipment._
   - _Within days, the rebels had armed thousands of volunteers with rifles taken from the barracks._

## Adjective

5. Having an attachment or other feature that increases its strength, force, or efficiency. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Fitted with something that adds strength, force, or usefulness.

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Bearing prickles or thorns on its stems, leaves, or other parts.
- (adjective) In heraldry, having the horns, claws, teeth, or beak depicted in a tincture different from that of the rest of the creature.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3, 5** — From the verb arm ("to equip with a weapon") combined with the suffix -ed.
**Meaning 4** — From arm ("the upper limb of the body") combined with the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/armed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).