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ARMOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
Synonyms:
armor; armour
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("armor" is a kind of...):
protective covering (the tough natural covering of some organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Protective covering made of metal and used in combat
Synonyms:
armor; armour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("armor" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armor"):
body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)
buckler; shield (armor carried on the arm to intercept blows)
Derivation:
armor (equip with armor)
armorer (a worker skilled in making armor or arms)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
Synonyms:
armor; armour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("armor" is a kind of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
arm (prepare oneself for a military confrontation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equip with armor
Synonyms:
armor; armour
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "armor" is one way to...):
equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
armor (protective covering made of metal and used in combat)
Context examples:
As he spoke, the two combatants advanced from either end in full armor with their two-handed swords sloping over their shoulders.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For some days we must keep you with us; and I must crave leave also to use your shield, your armor, and your horse.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had himself thrown off his armor, and had dressed himself from head to foot in the harness of the captured Spaniard.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Should you be a gentleman of quarterings and coat-armor, lisped Sir Nigel, I shall be very blithe to go further into the matter with you.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For armor, swords, and lances, there was no need to take much forethought, for they were to be had both better and cheaper in Bordeaux than in England.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Foot by foot the Italian had retreated, his armor running blood at every joint, his shield split, his crest shorn, his voice fallen away to a mere gasping and croaking.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is below pricking out the coat-armor of his mother's uncle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sir Nigel's shield was broken, his crest shorn, his armor cut and smashed, and the vizor torn from his helmet; yet he sprang hither and thither with light foot and ready hand, engaging two Bretons and a Spaniard at the same instant—thrusting, stooping, dashing in, springing out—while Alleyne still fought by his side, stemming with a handful of men the fierce tide which surged up against them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One young knight on a gray jennet leaped over his fallen comrades and galloped swiftly up the hill, shrieking loudly upon Saint James, ere he fell within a spear-length of the English line, with the feathers of arrows thrusting out from every crevice and joint of his armor.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As the mist parted, and the sun broke through, it gleamed and shimmered with dazzling brightness upon the armor and headpieces of a vast body of horsemen who stretched across the barranca from one cliff to the other, and extended backwards until their rear guard were far out upon the plain beyond.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
