arm
Meanings
- The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
- 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.
- A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
- A branch of an organization.
- Power; might; strength; support.
- A pitcher
- One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
- To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
- Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
- To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
- A weapon.
- Heraldic bearings or insignia.
- War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
- To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
- To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
- To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
- To become prepared for action; to activate.
- To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
- To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
- To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
- Abbreviation of Armenian.
- Initialism of accelerated reply mail, a service of the United States Postal Service.
- Initialism of adjustable rate mortgage.
- Initialism of Acorn RISC Machine or Advanced RISC Machine.
- Initialism of Australian Republic Movement.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm 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 cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).