āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āϤā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āĻŽāύā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ
a sharp or pointed remark that is intended to criticize or upset someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician responded to the reporter 's barb with a sarcastic remark of his own.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻŽāύā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻŦ, āϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ
one of the thin, hair-like structures branching from the main shaft of a bird's feather
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists studied the microscopic structure of feather barbs.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻŦ āĻāϰ āĻ
āĻŖā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻŦ
a sharp projection on an arrowhead, spear, or similar tool designed to make removal difficult
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient hunters used spears with barbs for fishing.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦāϰā§āĻļāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ
a sharp projection or point, typically found on wire fencing, designed to deter and hinder passage or intrusion
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got a small cut on his arm from brushing against a barb while climbing over the fence.
āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
to barb
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to equip something, such as a weapon, hook, or wire, with sharp projections
Transitive: to barb sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They barbed the wire to make the fence harder to cross.
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