vverb.competitionprepare oneself for a military confrontationSynset:arm build up fortify gird
Examples:- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
Antonyms:disarm
Derivationally Related Form:fortificationarmarmorfortarmament
Inherited Hypernyms:arm
Direct Hyponyms:forearmre-armrearm
Full Troponyms:forearmrearm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.possessionsupply with armsExamples:- The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan
Derivationally Related Form:armarmament
Hypernyms:furnish provide render supply
Inherited Hypernyms:armsupplygivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:munitionrearm
Full Troponyms:munitionrearm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adjadj.all(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing armsTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Antonyms:unarmed
Inherited Hypernyms:armed
Similar to:equipped weaponed light-armed militarised militarized
adjadj.allhaving arms or arms as specified; used especially in combinationExamples:- the many-armed goddess Shiva
Antonyms:armless
Inherited Hypernyms:armed
Similar to:armlike brachiate long-armed one-armed
adjadj.all(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thornsAntonyms:unarmed
Inherited Hypernyms:armed
Similar to:barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny thorny bristlelike brushlike clawed taloned thistlelike