Definitions for arm
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. armnoun

   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. arm, branch, limbnoun

   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. weapon, arm, weapon systemnoun

   any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

   "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

4. armnoun

   the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

5. branch, subdivision, armnoun

   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. sleeve, armverb

   the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

7. arm, build up, fortify, girdverb

   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. armverb

   supply with arms

   "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Armnoun

   Etymology: earm, eorm, Sax.

   1. The limb which reaches from the hand to the shoulder.

   If I have lift up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate, then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. Job, xxxi. 21.

   Like helpless friends, who view from shore
   The labouring ship, and hear the tempest roar,
   So stood they with their arms across. Dryden.

   2. The bough of a tree.

   The trees spred out their arms to shade her face,
   But she on elbow lean’d. Philip Sidney.

   Hide me, ye forests, in your closest bowers,
   Where the tall oak his spreading arms entwines,
   And with the beech a mutual shade combines. John Gay.

   3. An inlet of water from the sea.

   Full in the centre of the sacred wood,
   An arm ariseth of the Stygian flood. John Dryden, Æneid.

   We have yet seen but an arm of this sea of beauty. John Norris.

   4. Power; might. In this sense is used the secular arm, &c.

   Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Jer. xvii. 5.

   O God, thy arm was here!
   And not to us, but to thy arm alone,
   Ascribe we all. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

2. To ARMverb

   Etymology: armo, Lat.

   1. To furnish with armour of defence, or weapons of offence.

   And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. Gen. xiv. 14.

   True conscious honour is to feel no sin;
   He’s arm’d without, that’s innocent within. Alexander Pope.

   2. To plate with any thing that may add strength.

   Their wounded steeds
   Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. William Shakespeare, H. V.

   3. To furnish; to fit up; as, to arm a loadstone, is to case it with iron.

   You must arm your hook with the line in the inside of it. Izaak Walton, Angler.

   Having wasted the callus, I left off those tents, and dressed it with others armed with digestives. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

3. To ARMverb

   1. To take arms.

   Think we king Harry strong;
   And, princes, look you strongly arm to meet him. William Shakespeare, H. V.

   2. To provide against.

   His servant, throughly arm’d against such coverture,
   Reported unto all, that he was sure
   A noble gentleman of high regard. Edmund Spenser, Hubb. Tale.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arm

   An arm is an upper limb of the human body that extends from the shoulder to the hand. It consists of several parts including the shoulder, upper arm, elbow, forearm and wrist. This limb is primarily used for physical manipulation, grasping, and interaction with the environment. Some animals also have structures that are referred to as arms, which they use for a range of functions including locomotion and prey capture. In a broader sense, the term "arm" can also refer to any long, thin part of a mechanical device, structure or geographical feature.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Armnoun

   the limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey

2. Armnoun

   anything resembling an arm

3. Armnoun

   the fore limb of an animal, as of a bear

4. Armnoun

   a limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal

5. Armnoun

   a branch of a tree

6. Armnoun

   a slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard

7. Armnoun

   the end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke

8. Armnoun

   an inlet of water from the sea

9. Armnoun

   a support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc

10. Armnoun

    fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law

11. Armnoun

    a branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient

12. Armnoun

    a weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl

13. Armverb

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

14. Armverb

    to furnish with arms or limbs

15. Armverb

    to furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country

16. Armverb

    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. Armverb

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

18. Armverb

    to provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms

19. Etymology: [See Arms.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Arm

   In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow joints.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arm

   ärm, n. the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand: anything projecting from the main body, as an inlet of the sea, a rail or support from a chair, sofa, or the like: one of the branches into which a main trunk divides: (fig.) power.—ns. Arm′-chair, a chair with arms; Arm′ful; Arm′-hole, the hole in a garment through which the arm is put.—adv. Arm′-in-arm, with arms interlinked, in close communion.—adj. Arm′less.—ns. Arm′let, a bracelet; Arm′-pit, the pit or hollow under the shoulder.—At arm's length, away from any friendliness or familiarity.—Right arm, the main support or assistant; Secular arm, the secular or temporal authority, as distinguished from the spiritual or ecclesiastical.—With open arms, with hearty welcome. [A.S.; cog. with L. armus, the shoulder-joint, Gr. harmos, a joint.]

2. Arm

   ärm, n. a weapon: a branch of the military service:—pl. Arms, weapons of offence and defence: war, hostilities: deeds or exploits of war: armorial ensigns.—v.t. Arm, to furnish with arms or weapons: to fortify.—v.i. to take arms.—n. Ar′mature, armour: any apparatus for defence: a piece of iron connecting the poles of a bent magnet.—adj. Armed (ärmd, or arm′ed), furnished with arms: provided with means of defence: (bot.) having prickles or thorns: (her.) having part of the body different in colour from the rest, as a beak, claws, &c. of a bird.—n.pl. Fire′arms, such weapons as employ gunpowder, as guns and pistols.—n. Man′-at-arms, a fully equipped and practised fighting man.—n.pl. Small′-arms, such as do not require carriages, as opposed to artillery.—Armed to the teeth, completely armed.—College of Arms, the Heralds' College, which grants armorial bearings.—In arms with, quartered with; Of all arms, of every kind of troops; Stand of arms, a complete equipment of arms for one soldier.—The armed eye, strengthened with a magnifying-glass, as opp. to naked eye.—To lay down arms, to surrender or submit; Up in arms, in readiness to fight. [Through Fr. from L. arma; cog. with Arm.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arm

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

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arm

   A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. The extremity of the bibbs which support the trestle-trees. Each extremity or end of a yard, beam, or bracket.--To arm, to fit, furnish, and provide for war; to cap and set a loadstone; to apply putty or tallow to the lower end of the lead previous to sounding, in order to draw up a specimen of the bottom.--To arm a shot, is to roll rope-yarns about a cross-bar-shot, in order to facilitate ramming it home, and also to prevent the ends catching any accidental inequalities in the bore.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arm

   In a military sense, signifies a particular species of troops,—thus the artillery is an arm, and the cavalry, and infantry, etc., are each called an arm of the service. The word is also used to denote an instrument of warfare; a weapon of offense or defense.

2. arm

   To be provided with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arm

   A limb on the body of a human being or specific animal, connected to the shoulder.

   We are grateful to have our arms to hug each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 18, 2020  

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1. arm

   The arm symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the arm symbol and its characteristic.

2. ARM

   What does ARM stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ARM acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arm is ranked #69392 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Arm surname appeared 283 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Arm.
   
   78.8% or 223 total occurrences were White.
   10.6% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   8.4% or 24 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Armrest
   • Division
   • Limb
   • Projection
   • Supply

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arm' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1098

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arm' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1814

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arm' in Nouns Frequency: #180

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arm' in Verbs Frequency: #978

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Anagrams for arm »

1. mar

2. Mar

3. Mar.

4. MAR

5. MRA

6. ram

7. Ram

8. RAM

9. RMA

How to pronounce arm?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say arm in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arm in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of arm in a Sentence

1. James Rogers:

   I heard a loud bang and then felt a burning sensation in my arm and fell to the ground, before I could look at my wound I did a quick check of the perimeter and I saw nothing.

2. Arthur Hoge:

   If we have a reason to question a sale, because we don't think it's an arm's length fair market value sale ... we should have the right to come address that with the court.

3. Mohammad Anis:

   I am determined to go back to the same army public school where terrorists tried to kill me and where the terrorists killed my classmates, on hearing the gunshots, our teachers quickly shut the door of the auditorium in an effort to stop the terrorists from entering there. But the attackers broke the door and sneaked into the auditorium. Once inside the hall, they tried to kill all the children. Students were falling down and bleeding and one bullet also hit me in my arm.

4. Tyreek Hill:

   I’ve had a chance to see Tua throw the ball, to myself, but … he’s that due, bro. Like, what a lot of people don’t know, like, I’m not just saying this because he’s my quarterback now … Like, I’m not trying to get more targets right now, but what I’m trying to say is Tua is that deal, bro, bro, he has a heck of an arm, bro. He’s accurate. He can throw the deep ball, and he actually goes through his reads, where people are like on Twitter like saying, ‘Oh, he doesn’t go through his reads.’ Man, this dude is that dude.

5. Eric Burkett:

   This is our forever home, Eric Burkett said, holding back tears as Eric Burkett six year old son Lochlen patted his arm. There's a master bathroom that is completely accessible. There are adaptive showers so that Eric Burkett can bathe Eric Burkett and self-lowering shelves in the state-of-the-art kitchen, so that now Eric Burkett can cook again for Eric Burkett family. The idea of getting up and moving around freely without thinking about logistics. Should I use a chair ? Should I use crutches ? All that's gone, Eric Burkett said. Pointing to the wall of Eric Burkett new home outside Pittsburgh, this Marine has a few reminders from Flag Day that Eric Burkett life changed on a training mission in Morocco. That is actually of one of the prop rotors of the V-22 that crashed. On the back of that, I don't know how many Marines signed that, Eric Burkett said. The foundation started by actor Gary Sinise, best known for Gary Sinise role as Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, is trying to build 10 to 12 homes per year for severely injured veterans and first responders. It will hand over the keys to its 50th smart home this August. Donations from Home Depot, JC Penny, GE, Benjamin Moore and the Semper Fi Fund among others made Home Depot possible. Fox News first told the Burketts' story in 2014 while The Burketts ' and The Burketts ' family were recovering at Walter Reed. The Burketts ' and The Burketts ' wife were raising their four children at the time in a set of tiny rooms at the hospital. They have since given birth to twins, Nolynn and Roawyn, who are now 18 months old. A master archer, Eric Burkett began competing as a Paralympian in an effort to begin to heal after the crash. I hate shooting from a wheelchair. A lot of guys don't mind it because you're a little bit lower, you don't have to worry about this instability of your legs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=arm
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=arm
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arm
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=arm
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=arm
7. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=arm
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=arm
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=arm