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barbed

  [bahrbd]
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–adjective
1. having barbs.
2. calculated to wound; cutting: a professor noted for his barbed criticisms.
Origin:
1520–30; barb 1 + -ed 3
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barb

1  [bahrb]
–noun
1. a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
2. an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark.
3. Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle.
4. Ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather.
5. one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.
6. any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.
7. Usually, barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, esp. when inflamed and swollen.
8. Also, barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.
9. Obsolete. a beard.
–verb (used with object)
10. to furnish with a barb or barbs.
Origin:
1300–50; ME barbe < MF ≪ L barba beard or beardlike projection

Synonyms:
1. spur, spike, prong, barbule; snag, prickle, spicule.
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barb 1   (bärb)   
n.  

  1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook.

  2. A cutting remark.

  3. Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.

  4. Botany A short, sharply hooked bristle or hairlike projection.

  5. See barbel1.

  6. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genus Barbus or Puntius and related genera.

  7. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times.

tr.v.   barbed, barb·ing, barbs
To provide or furnish with a barb.

[Middle English barbe, from Old French, beard, from Latin barba; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]
barbed   (bärbd)   
adj.  

  1. Having barbs.

  2. Cutting; stinging: barbed criticism; barbed statements.

barb'ed·ness (bär'bĭd-nĭs) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: barb
Pronunciation: 'bärb
Function: noun
slang : BARBITURATE
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barb   (bärb)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A sharp point projecting backward, as on the stinger of a bee.

  2. One of the hairlike branches on the shaft of a feather.


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