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Arm

noun

1.

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.

2.

Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. Synonyms: branch, limb. "An arm of the sea" , "A branch of the sewer"

3.

Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting. Synonyms: weapon, weapon system.

4.

The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.

5.

A division of some larger or more complex organization. Synonyms: branch, subdivision. "Botany is a branch of biology" , "The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

6.

The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm. Synonym: sleeve.

verb

(past & past part. armed; pres. part. arming)

1.

Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. Synonyms: build up, fortify, gird. "Troops are building up on the Iraqi border" Antonym: disarm.

2.

Supply with arms.

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"Arm" Quotes from Famous Books

... saying at each stroke, "This is the finishing blow!" But it fell harmless enow, for Kanmakan took all on his buckler and it was waste work, though he did not reply lacking the wherewithal to strike and Sabbah ceased not to smite at him with his sabre, till his arm was weary. When his opponent saw this, he rushed upon him and, hugging him in his arms, shook him and threw him to the ground. Then he turned him over on his face and pinioned his elbows behind him with the baldrick of his sword, and began to drag him by the ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

... and worn from the strain of his recital. Miss Burden joined him and pressed a hand against his cheek. She did not repel the arm ...

— The Substitute Prisoner • Max Marcin

... of that day we spent chatting very amicably in our Pullman arm-chairs. I couldn't understand it myself—when I had a moment to think, I was shocked and horrified at it. I was so terribly at home with them. These were friends of Dr. Ivor's—friends of my father's murderer! I had come out to Canada to track him, to ...

— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen

... congeners. Her hieratic and most general form was still lioness-headed, but a popular form, especially in bronze, was a cat-headed women, often holding in her right hand a lion aegis, i.e. a broad semicircular pectoral surmounted by the head of a lioness, and on the left arm a basket. The cat cemetery on the west side of the town consisted of numbers of large brick chambers, crammed with burnt and decayed mummies, many of which had been enclosed in cat-shaped cases of wood and bronze. Herodotus describes the festival ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... O Keesh! Darest thou to kill a man? Behold! This be Kitz-noo, a slave. Strike, O Keesh, strike with the strength of thy arm!" ...

— Children of the Frost • Jack London

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