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Definition of 'arm'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) arm
the upper limb of the human body.

2.  arm
the upper limb from shoulder to elbow.

3.  arm
the forelimb of any vertebrate.

4.  arm
any similar structure in an invertebrate.

5.  arm
any armlike part or attachment, as the tone arm of a phonograph.

6.  arm
the sleeve of a garment.

7.  arm
a projecting support for the forearm or elbow at the side of a chair, sofa, etc.

8.  arm
an administrative or operational branch of an organization:
an investigative arm of the government.

9.  arm
a combat branch of the military service, as the infantry, cavalry, or field artillery.

10.  arm
a curved piece on an anchor, terminating in a fluke.

11.  arm
an inlet or cove:
an arm of the sea.

12.  arm
power; authority:
the long arm of the law.

13.  arm
to solicit or borrow money from.

14.  arm
to use force or violence on.

15. (n.) arm
Usu., arms. weapons, esp. firearms.

16.  arm
arms, the heraldic devices of a person, family, or corporate body.

17. (v.i.) arm
to make ready for war.

18. (v.t.) arm
to equip with weapons:
to arm the troops.

19.  arm
to activate (a fuze) so that it will explode the charge at the time desired.

20.  arm
to cover protectively.

21.  arm
to equip or prepare for any specific purpose or effective use:
to arm a security system; to arm oneself with persuasive arguments.

22.  arm
to carry weapons.

23.  arm
to serve as a member of the armed forces.

24. (adj.) ARM
adjustable-rate mortgage.

25.  Arm
Armenian.

Definition of 'arm'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) arm
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

2. (noun) arm, branch, limb
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
"the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

3. (noun) weapon, arm, weapon system
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
"he was licensed to carry a weapon"

4. (noun) arm
the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

5. (noun) branch, subdivision, arm
a division of some larger or more complex organization
"a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

6. (verb) sleeve, arm
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

7. (verb) arm, build up, fortify, gird
prepare oneself for a military confrontation
"The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

8. (verb) arm
supply with arms
"The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

Definition of 'arm'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) arm
the part of the body with the hand at the end
He had a huge package in his arms.

2.  arm
arm in arm
with arms linked
They walked along arm in arm.

3.  arm
fold your arms
to cross your arms in front of your body
She folded her arms and said, "No!"

4.  arm
the side part of a chair
his hand resting on the arm of the chair

5.  arm
a part of an organization
the New York arm of the business

Definition of 'arm'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) arm
the limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey

2. (noun) arm
anything resembling an arm

3. (noun) arm
the fore limb of an animal, as of a bear

4. (noun) arm
a limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal

5. (noun) arm
a branch of a tree

6. (noun) arm
a slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard

7. (noun) arm
the end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke

8. (noun) arm
an inlet of water from the sea

9. (noun) arm
a support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc

10. (noun) arm
fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law

11. (noun) arm
a branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient

12. (noun) arm
a weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl

13. (verb) arm
to take by the arm; to take up in one's arms

14. (verb) arm
to furnish with arms or limbs

15. (verb) arm
to furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country

16. (verb) arm
to cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

17. (verb) arm
fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense

18. (verb) arm
to provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms

Definition of 'arm'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. arm
The superior part of the upper extremity between the SHOULDER and the ELBOW.

Definition of 'arm'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. arm
The four members of a Wheatstone bridge, q. v., are termed its arms. Referring to the diagram of a bridge, P, Q, R, S, are the arms.

Fig. 22. DIAGRAM OF WHEATSTONE'S BRIDGE.

Translation of 'arm'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of the body between the shoulder and the hand He has broken both his arms.
Afrikaans: arm	Arabic: ذِراع	Bulgarian: ръка
Brazilian: braço	Czech: paže	German: der Arm
Danish: arm	Greek: μπράτσο	Spanish: brazo
Estonian: käsivars	Farsi: دست	Finnish: käsivarsi
French: bras	Hebrew: זְרוֹע	Hindi: बांह
Croatian: ruka	Hungarian: kar	Indonesian: lengan
Icelandic: handleggur	Italian: braccio	Japanese: 腕
Korean: 팔	Lithuanian: ranka	Latvian: roka (no pleca līdz plauk
Malay: lengan	Dutch: arm	Norwegian: arm
Polish: ramię, ręka	Persian: دست	Pashto: بازو، لاس
Portuguese: braço	Romanian: braţ	Russian: рука
Slovak: ruka	Slovenian: roka	Serbian: ruka
Swedish: arm	Thai: แขน	Turkish: kol
Taiwanese: 手臂	Ukrainian: рука	Urdu: بازو
Vietnamese: cánh tay	Chinese: 臂，上肢
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