barbed

barbed /'bɑ:bd/
  • tính từ
    • có ngạnh; có gai
      • barbed wire: dây thép gai

Xem thêm: biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny, shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe



barbed

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe

    his parting shot was `drop dead'

    she threw shafts of sarcasm

    she takes a dig at me every chance she gets

  • the pointed part of barbed wire
  • a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  • one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

    v.

  • provide with barbs

    barbed wire

  • provide with barbs

    barbed wire


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: barbellate biting briary briery bristled bristly burred burry mordacious nipping prickly pungent setaceous setose spiny thorny
barbs|barbed|barbing
syn.: dig gibe jibe shaft shot slam