arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: äm
ipa: /ɑːm/
enpr: ärm
ipa: /ɑɹm/
enpr: äm
ipa: /ɐːm/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: arms
Etymology: 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 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).
Senses: examples: text: She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
text: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: And you stare at me
In your Jesus Christ pose
Arms held out
Like you've been carrying a load
ref: 1991, “Jesus Christ Pose”, in Chris Cornell (lyrics), Soundgarden (music), Badmotorfinger, performed by Soundgarden, Track 4:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
examples: text: The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
examples: text: the arms of an octopus
glosses: A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
examples: text: […] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “'”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 485:
text: […] he noticed that a dark stain had appeared under the arm of her grey silk dress.
ref: 1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles, New York: Knopf, published 1971, page 340:
text: Samad made a grab for the boy and caught him by the arm of his shirt.
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 82:
synonyms: sleeve
glosses: The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
examples: text: The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
examples: text: the cavalry arm of the military service
text: Congress has asked the Government Accountability Office, its investigative arm, to review the workplace complaints raised by air marshals, said Charles Young, a spokesman for the office.
ref: 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A branch of an organization.
examples: text: the arm of the law
text: the secular arm
text: To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 52:1:
glosses: Power; might; strength; support.
examples: text: The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitcher
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: One of the two parts of a chromosome.
glosses: A group of patients in a medical trial.
Synonyms: word: arm
Hyponyms: word: cement arm
Meronyms: word: shoulder
word: forearm
word: elbow
word: wrist
word: hand
Derived terms: aftarm
an arm and a leg
arm ball
armband
armbar
armbinder
armbone
arm bone
armbrace
arm candy
armchair
arm-chair
arm day
-armed
armfloat
armful
arm garter
armgaunt
armguard
arm guard
armhole
arm hole
armhook
arm-in-arm
arm in arm
arm in crook
armlength
armless
armlet
armlike
armload
armlock
armlong
arm of flesh
armpiece
armpit
arm pit
armplate
arm pump
armrest
arm rest
armring
Arm River
armscye
armshield
arm's length
arm span
arm's reach
armstand
arm-twist
arm twist
arm-twister
arm twister
arm-twisting
arm twisting
armwear
arm-wrestle
arm wrestle
arm-wrestler
arm wrestler
arm-wrestling
arm wrestling
at arm's length
auntie arm
babe in arms
break one's arm patting oneself on the back
cement arm
chance one's arm
control arm
counterarm
crankarm
crank arm
crook of the arm
crossarm
dead arm syndrome
dead man's arm
dinner lady arm
fire arm
fore-arm
forearm
fore arm
give one's right arm
give someone the arm
glass arm
grabby arm
hairy arm
hand-arm vibration syndrome
input arm
interarm
in the arms of Morpheus
keep at arm's length
left arm orthodox
left arm unorthodox
lever arm
Local Arm
longarm
long arm
long arm of the law
long-arm statute
long arm statute
long as one's arm
lower arm
make a long arm
man-arm
midarm
moment arm
more power to your arm
multiarm
one-arm
one-arm bandit
one-armed bandit
one-arm joint
one-arm lunchroom
one-arm restaurant
one can't carry two watermelons under one arm
on one's arm
Orion Arm
outer arm
output arm
overarm
Perseus Arm
pitman arm
put the arm on someone
radial arm saw
radius arm
resistance arm
right arm
Right Arm of the Free World
righting arm
roundarm
secular arm
seven-arm octopus
short arm
shot in the arm
side arm
slap on the arm
South Arm
spiral arm
steering arm
stiff-arm
straight-arm
straight arm
strong-arm
strong arm
swingarm
sword arm
take in one's arms
take someone's arm
talk someone's arm off
teeth arm
tonearm
tone arm
trans broken arm syndrome
tuck shop arm
tuck shop lady arm
twist someone's arm
underarm
under one's arm
upper arm
white arm
with a high arm
with one arm tied behind one's back
with open arms
yard arm
yardarm
yard-arm