arm

/ɑːm/ · noun

Meaning

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.
A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm 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.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
(usually used in the plural) A weapon.
(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
(in the plural) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

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