Barbed
Word | BARBED |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | barbed |
Pronunciations | /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Barbed"
What do we mean by barbed?
Having barbs. adjective
Cutting; stinging. adjective
Shaved; trimmed; having the beard dressed.
Furnished with barbs, as an arrow, the point of a fish-hook, and the like: as, “arrows barbed with fire,”
“a barbed proboscis,”
In heraldry: Having barbs: said of the rose used as a bearing. The barbs are commonly colored green, and the blazon is a rose gules barbed proper.
Having gills or wattles, as a cock: as, a cock sable, barbed or (that is, a black cock having golden gills). Also called wattled.
Having the ends made with barbs like those of an arrow-head: said especially of a cross of this form. Also called bearded.
Same as barded.
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See barded (which is the proper form.) adjective
Furnished with a barb or barbs. adjective
A wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. adjective
Having barbs adjective
Bearded (also applied to roses). adjective
Simple past tense and past participle of barb. verb
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. adjective
Capable of wounding adjective
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
To cut (hair).
To shave or dress the beard of.
To clip; to mow.
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