meaning of arm
1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
2. Anything resembling an arm
3. The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
4. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
5. A branch of a tree.
6. A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
7. The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
8. An inlet of water from the sea.
9. A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
10. Fig. : Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
11. A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
12. A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
13. To take by the arm; to take up in ones arms.
14. To furnish with arms or limbs.
15. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
16. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
17. Fig. : To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
18. To provide ones self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
19. the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
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