arm

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Pronunciation
/ɑːm/
/ɑɹm/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

Example Sentences
  • She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
2 Definition

The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

Example Sentences
  • The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
3 Definition

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

Example Sentences
  • the arms of an octopus
4 Definition

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

Example Sentences
  • The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.
5 Definition

A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

Example Sentences
  • Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
6 Definition

A branch of an organization.

Example Sentences
  • the cavalry arm of the military service
7 Definition

Power; might; strength; support.

Example Sentences
  • the arm of the law
8 Definition

A pitcher

Example Sentences
  • The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
9 Definition

One of the two parts of a chromosome.

10 Definition

A group of patients in a medical trial.

11 Definition

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

12 Definition

(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.

Example Sentences
  • The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
13 Definition

(in the plural) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

2 Definition

To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

Example Sentences
  • The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
3 Definition

To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Example Sentences
  • Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
4 Definition

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

Example Sentences
  • to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling
5 Definition

To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

6 Definition

To take up weapons; to arm oneself.

7 Definition

To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Adjective
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

2 Definition

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.