Arm
[ɑːm] or [ɑrm]
Definition
(noun.) the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) supply with arms; 'The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan'.
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
(n.) Anything resembling an arm
(n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
(n.) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
(n.) A branch of a tree.
(n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
(n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
(n.) An inlet of water from the sea.
(n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
(n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
(n.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
(n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
(v. t.) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
(v. t.) To furnish with arms or limbs.
(v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
(v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
Edited by Annabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Branch, bough, projecting part.[2]. Inlet (of the sea).[3]. Power, might, strength, puissance.[4]. Branch of military service (as artillery or cavalry).
v. a. [1]. Equip, furnish, provide, or supply with arms.[2]. Fortify, put in a state of defence.[3]. Prepare, fit up, make ready.
v. n. Take arms, be fitted or provided with arms.
Checker: Sumner
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Equip, gird, accoutre, array
ANT:Disarm, ungird, divest, disarray
Inputed by Allen
Definition
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 (é‹œmd 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.
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing an arm amputated, means separation or divorce. Mutual dissatisfaction will occur between husband and wife. It is a dream of sinister import. Beware of deceitfulness and fraud.
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Examples
- This is the arm of which so much was heard during the recent war with Spain, and against which our soldiers had to contend. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her father rose with her, and kept her hand drawn through his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Jo went and sat on one arm of the chair, looking as if she thought they were about to join in some very solemn affair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As Celia bent over the paper, Dorothea put her cheek against her sister's arm caressingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I know, my dear, he replied, pressing my arm, I know all that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose arms I ran, and begged her pardon from my suffering soul. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His arms were wet and dirty, and he washed them over the side. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You shall be sure of me, darling, he said, folding her in his arms. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And then he armed me with it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- An evil magistrate, intrusted with power to _punish for words_, would be armed with a weapon the most destructive and terrible. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Look how they are armed, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I prefer her cuirassed in pride, armed with a taunt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But if by any chance he disappointed my expectations and left the country, then I had no time to lose in arming myself to meet him as I best might. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I know that the apprehension of being forced to quit Mansfield will for a time be arming you against him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Under certain persuasions, from certain quarters, je vous vois d'icisaid he, eagerly subscribing to the sacrifice, passionately arming for the effort. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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