unarmed B2 Topic:Animals US /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/ See IPA manual Freq #8619 Meanings 1 adj (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms Went alone and unarmed. 2 adj used of plants or animals, lacking barbs, stings, or thorns This species of cactus is unarmed until it is about two years old. 3 adj Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages. An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey. 4 adj Unaided, as of the vision without a glass. […] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes. Thesaurus Word family Related forms armless Etymology From un- + armed. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unarmed **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌʌnˈɑɹmd/ **Frequency rank:** 8619 ## Meanings 1. (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms 2. used of plants or animals, lacking barbs, stings, or thorns 3. Not having thorns, claws, or other dangerous appendages. 4. Unaided, as of the vision without a glass. ## Examples - Went alone and unarmed. - This species of cactus is unarmed until it is about two years old. - An unarmed jellyfish would never capture prey. - […] in order to see such Objects as are very remote, purblind Persons must make Use of concave Glasses, whose Radii are equal to the Distances at which they see distinctly with their unarmed Eyes. ## Related Forms - armless ## Etymology From un- + armed. ## Topics - Animals markdown