arm | Lernwerd

Forms

1.The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
2.The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
3.A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- I can't raise my right arm.
- He broke his left arm.
- He extended his right arm.
4.The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
- Samad made a grab for the boy and caught him by the arm of his shirt.

1.To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
- The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
2.To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
- Picture taking soothed support troops' anxieties twice over, empowering them as they navigated a strange environment, and arming them with proof that they really had served in a war.
3.To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
- Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
4.To become prepared for action; to activate.
- Torpedoes were loosed, but the range was too short for them to actually arm, and they bounced harmlessly off the ship as it cut loose with its secondary and antiaircraft guns, smashing anything that it could see.

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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