Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having barbs.
- adjective Cutting; stinging.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
barbs - adjective heraldry
Bearded (also applied toroses ). - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
barb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- adjective capable of wounding
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Lee is essentially a satirist who redefines the term barbed wit; more traditional in his approach than say, Chris Morris, but no less appalled and disgusted at what has become of us.
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Lee is essentially a satirist who redefines the term barbed wit; more traditional in his approach than say, Chris Morris, but no less appalled and disgusted at what has become of us.
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One was a rough mangy mut that looked like it had been caught in barbed wire or a fight.
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Wrestling legend Paul Heyman has slammed Rihanna for allegedly ripping off his idea of being wrapped up in barbed wire for the single cover for her current comeback single “Russian Roulette.”
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One was a rough mangy mut that looked like it had been caught in barbed wire or a fight.
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Or do we just have to invest in barbed wire and sit and wait for the anarchy to descend? on November 6, 2008 at 7: 59 am | Reply PC Disgruntled
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They were delivered to tar paper barracks in barbed wire compounds patrolled by soldiers.
November 2004 2004
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After the Wall was laid out in barbed wire in 1961, she and her husband were denied permission to go to the West to obtain the medicine that was keeping him alive.
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Their arms consisted in short barbed swords of iron, heavy black bows, arrows tipped with flint, iron and copper, and stone-headed mallets.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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The idea was brought to a company who designed flags and the black and white silhouette of a prisoner encased in barbed wire with a looming guard tower was born.
Letters and Notes 1972
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