Forearm
['fɔːrɑːm]
Definition
(noun.) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist.
(verb.) arm in advance of a confrontation.
Checked by Groves--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
(n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
Typist: Mason
Definition
n. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
v.t. to arm or prepare beforehand.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- Now her head was through, now one great forearm and shoulder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But it was as if he had had knowledge of her in the long red rent of her forearm, so silken and soft. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The hand and forearm become suffused and swollen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So it was that he spied Tarzan as the boy emerged from the clawing, pushing throng with that hairy forearm hugged firmly to his body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He lay on his belly behind the pine trunk, the gun across his left forearm and watched the point of light below him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His arm was passed beneath Terkoz's arm from behind and his hand and forearm encircled the back of Terkoz's neck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We never find, for instance, the bones of the arm and forearm, or of the thigh and leg, transposed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You must not fear, said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her forearm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Higher crept the steel forearms of the ape-man about the back of Sabor's neck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As she did so, the loose gown fell back from her forearms. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Xavier