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Barbed

Barbed Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Barbed? [adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" [adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Barbed: armed \| barbellate \| biting \| briary \| briery \| bristled \| bristly \| burred \| burry \| mordacious \| nipping \| prickly \| pungent \| sarcastic \| spiny \| thorny Related Terms \| Find terms related to Barbed: acanthoid \| acanthous \| acicular \| acuate \| aculeate \| aculeiform \| acuminate \| acute \| cornuted \| cusped \| cuspidate \| hispid \| horned \| horny \| mucronate \| needle-pointed \| needle-sharp \| pointed \| pronged \| sharp-pointed \| spiculate \| spiked \| spiky \| spined \| spinous \| spiny \| tapered \| tapering \| tined \| toothed \| unbated See Also \| Barbed In Webster's Dictionary \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See {Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh. \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.

Barbed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbed?

[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
[adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

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Barbed In Webster's Dictionary

\Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
{Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.


\Barbed\, a.
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
wire.

{Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
   with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.

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