Australian English Meaning of arm
arm
Other Australian English words related to arm
- Firearm
- rifle
- musket
- piece
- Revolver
- Small arm
- Arquebus
- Assault rifle
- automatic
- Blunderbuss
- Breechloader
- carbine
- Culverin
- Derringer
- Field gun
- Firelock
- flintlock
- forty-five
- cat
- harquebus
- heat
- Machine gun
- Matchlock
- repeater
- rod
- self-loader
- semi-automatic
- Sidearm
- Six-shooter
- Six-shooter
- smoothbore
- Submachine gun
- Tommy gun
- twenty-two
- Roscoe
- speargun
Nearest Words of arm
Definitions and Meaning of arm in English
arm (n)
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
a division of some larger or more complex organization
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
arm (v)
prepare oneself for a military confrontation
supply with arms
arm (n.)
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
Anything resembling an arm
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A branch of a tree.
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
An inlet of water from the sea.
A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
arm (v. t.)
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
To furnish with arms or limbs.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
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.
Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
arm (v. i.)
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
FAQs About the word arm
arm
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb, any projection
Firearm,rifle,musket,piece,Revolver,Small arm,Arquebus,Assault rifle,automatic,Blunderbuss
helplessness,powerlessness,weakness
arllated => related, arlington => Arlington, arles => Arles, arkose => arkose, arkite => Architect,
