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arm

Pronunciation: /ɑːm/

The English word “arm” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
  2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
  3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
  4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
  5. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
  6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  7. A branch of an organization.
  8. Power; might; strength; support.
  9. A pitcher
  10. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
  11. A group of patients in a medical trial.
  12. A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder.
  13. A weapon.
  14. Heraldic bearings or insignia.
  15. War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

verb

  1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
  2. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
  3. To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.

adjective

  1. Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
  2. To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Etymology

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European…

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