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armed
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adjective
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
armed robbery
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adjective
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
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adjective
having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
the many-armed goddess Shiva
forces
noun
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(military) troops (plural only).
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Troops
reserve
Verb
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If you reserve a room, a table, seat etc. you arrange for it to be kept for you, usually for a particular date and time.
This parking spot is reserved for the general manager.
We had reserved a room at the hotel.
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When you're cooking, if you reserve something, you put it aside to use later.
Cook pasta as directed on package and reserve 1/4 cup of pasta cooking water.
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If you reserve something for a particular situation, you usually don't use it except in that situation.
She spoke to me in a voice usually reserved for young children.
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If you reserve the right to do something, you let people know that these are your legal rights and you may use or defend them.
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reserve
Noun
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Reserves are extra amounts of something that are for the future.
Canada has 179 billion barrels of oil reserves - second only to Saudi Arabia.
The central bank's cash and gold reserves have fallen by 25 percent since June 2001.
This special sugar is your body's quick, easy-access energy reserve.
She always had some water in reserve.
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Reserve is a feeling of holding back, controlling yourself, and not being very friendly.
We listened to all this talk about change with a certain reserve.
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Reserves are extra players on a team, or fighters in an army in case somebody is hurt or needs a rest.
Their best player spent a season on injured reserve after hurting his knee.
She joined the Army Reserve during her time in university.
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A reserve is an area of land or water that is protected from humans.
These lands (such as national parks and nature reserves) supply cities with clean drinking water.
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A reserve (or reservation) is an area of land that belongs to a group of indigenous people, such as a First Nations group in Canada.
medal
Noun
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A medal is flat and usually round metal thing that you take as an award (if you did something brave).
He got a medal from serving in the army.