Arming

Quick meaning: Arming is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of arm.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of arm.

More Meanings

1. The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
2. The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
3. (nautical) A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
4. The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
5. (nautical, chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action.

Example Sentences

The arming was now universal.

This insures the arming of the fuze when fired.

The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…]

Applying the conventions of war epic, this section of the novel would correspond to the arming of the hero, his donning of armor and assembling weapons in preparation for battle.

Word Forms

• armings

Synonyms for arming

Depending on context, synonyms include armament, equipping.

Antonyms for arming

Common opposites include disarming, disarmament.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include armament, equipping, weaponry, equipment, weapon, fortifying.

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