arming

Plural: armings

Noun

• The act of equipping with weapons.
• the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
• 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.
• 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.
• The affixing and securing on of armor.
• The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
• The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
• 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.
• 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.

Verb

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation
• supply with arms
• present participle and gerund of arm

Examples

• The quiet arming of his vocabulary was evident in his sudden high-scoring play.

Synonyms

arm, armament, build up, equipping, fortify, gird

Antonyms

disarm, disarmament, disarming