-ARMED


Meaning of -ARMED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ɑ:(r)md ]

1.

-armed is used with adjectives to indicate what kind of arms someone has.

...plump-armed women in cotton dresses.

COMB in ADJ

2.

-armed is used with adjectives such as ‘nuclear’ and nouns such as ‘missile’ to form adjectives that indicate what kind of weapons an army or person has.

...nuclear-armed navy vessels.

COMB in ADJ

3.

see also armed

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