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ARM

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What does ARM mean?

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.
More meanings (27)

noun

  1. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
  2. 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.
  3. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  4. A branch of an organization.
  5. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
  6. (slang) A pitcher
  7. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
  8. A group of patients in a medical trial.
  9. (slang) A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder.
  10. A weapon.
  11. Heraldic bearings or insignia.
  12. Initialism of accelerated reply mail, a service of the United States Postal Service.
  13. Initialism of adjustable rate mortgage.
  14. (obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

adjective

  1. Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
  2. To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
  3. Abbreviation of Armenian.

verb

  1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
  2. (figuratively) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
  3. To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
  4. To become prepared for action; to activate.
  5. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
  6. To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
  7. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
  8. (obsolete) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

proper noun

  1. Initialism of Acorn RISC Machine or Advanced RISC Machine.
  2. Initialism of Australian Republic Movement.
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Alice laid her hand upon his arm, and said in a soothing tone, “You needn’t be so angry about an old rattle.”
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #12
Not until Wendy again raised her arm did he relent sufficiently to say, “Well, not for ever, but for a whole week.”
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
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“Upon my life,” said Troy, through the veil, “holding up this hive makes one’s arm ache worse than a week of sword-exercise.”
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
The youth, after rushing about and throwing interrogations at the heedless bands of retreating infantry, finally clutched a man by the arm.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
Then she put her arm around the king on one side, and Susan and the hare-lip done the same on the other.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76