ARM
\ˈɑːm], \ˈɑːm], \ˈɑː_m]\
Definitions of ARM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
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any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
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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
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prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
By Princeton University
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the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
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any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
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instrument used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
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Anything resembling an arm
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The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
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A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
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A branch of a tree.
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A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
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An inlet of water from the sea.
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A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
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Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
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A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
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To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
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To furnish with arms or limbs.
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To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
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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.
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Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
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To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
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A weapon.
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A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; - commonly in the pl.
By Oddity Software
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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
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Anything resembling an arm
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The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
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A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
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A branch of a tree.
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A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
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An inlet of water from the sea.
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A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
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Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
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A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
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To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
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To furnish with arms or limbs.
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To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
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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.
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Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
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To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
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A weapon.
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A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; - commonly in the pl.
By Noah Webster.
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A branch of a tree.
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The limb extending from the shoulder to the hand: anything projecting from the main body, as an inlet of the sea: (fig.) power.
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ARMFUL.
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ARMLESS.
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A weapon: a branch of the military service.
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To furnish with arms or weapons: to fortify.
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To take arms.
By Daniel Lyons
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A weapon.
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To provide with arms or armor; equip; fortify; have or take arms.
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The upper limb of the human body; an arm-like part or branch.
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A branch of the military service.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; any projecting part of a main body, as the side-piece of a chair, an inlet of the sea; a weapon.
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To equip with weapons of offense or defense.
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To fit oneself with weapons, or means of defense.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In man and the higher animals, the upper, or anterior, limb, from the shoulder to the wrist; more strictly, that portion of it which is included between the shoulder and the elbow.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
Harmar, Josiah
- (1753-1813), born in Philadelphia, served during Revolutionary War, attaining rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was commander-in-chief the U.S. army from 1789 to 1792.