Meaning of arm in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

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

  Example: She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

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

  Example: The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

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

  Example: the arms of an octopus

• 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: The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

• A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

  Example: Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

• A branch of an organization.

  Example: the cavalry arm of the military service

• Power; might; strength; support.

  Example: the arm of the law

• A pitcher

  Example: The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

• One of the two parts of a chromosome.

• A group of patients in a medical trial.

verb

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

adjective

• Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

• To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

noun

• (usually used in the plural) A weapon.

• (in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.

  Example: The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

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

verb

• To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

  Example: The king armed his knights with swords and shields.

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

  Example: Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.

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

  Example: to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

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

• To take up weapons; to arm oneself.

• To fit (a magnet) with an armature.