[syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbed (b[aum]rbd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Barbing.]
1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]
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2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston.
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3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
--Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Barbed \Barbed\, a.
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
wire.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Barbed \Barbed\ (b[aum]rbd or b[aum]rb"[e^]d), a. [See 4th
Barb.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
Barded (which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
barbed
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious]
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "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