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# barbed

«barbed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **having barbs — small sharp hooks or points pointing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (barbed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Barbed means having barbs — small sharp hooks or points pointing backwards, which make something hard to pull out, like a fish hook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#m1)

2) A barbed remark is a comment that is unkind and meant to hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: barbed wire is a fence wire with sharp twisted points, used around farms and building sites — do not climb over or through it, it cuts skin and clothes. In science, some animals and plants have barbed parts: bee stings, porcupine quills, burrs that stick to fur. In stories, «barbed» comments show hidden meanness. Phrases: barbed wire, barbed hook, a barbed remark, barbed sting.

### examples

- Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x1)
- Stay away from the barbed wire fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x2)
- A honeybee's sting is barbed, so it stays in your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x3)
- The fishing hook is barbed, so the fish can't slip off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x4)
- Porcupine quills are barbed and hard to remove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x5)
- The farmer put up barbed wire to keep the cows in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x6)
- She made a barbed comment about my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/#x7)

### note

Adjective. From «barb», a sharp backward point. Safety: if you get cut by barbed wire, tell an adult; deep or dirty cuts may need cleaning and a tetanus check. Bees die after stinging because of the barb, but wasps can sting again.

### In the corpora

- [Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1127/)
- [Most American tarantulas flick itchy barbed hairs at enemies, and female tarantulas can live 20 to 30 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/12/)
- [Porcupines cannot shoot their quills; the barbed quills come out easily when touched and stick into the attacker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/7/)
- [Honeybees die after stinging people because the barbed stinger sticks in skin and tears out, but not when stinging other insects.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/14/)
- [A honeybee leaves its barbed stinger in the skin and dies after stinging.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «barbed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/barbed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.