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arm

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1. arm - Noun

2. arm - Adjective

3. arm - Verb

4. Arm - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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.

To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Woman originated from man's rib; not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved. Source: Internet

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison

One refusing a sibling's advice breaks his arm. Somali Proverb

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. Chinese Proverb

If you dip your arm into the picklepot let it be up to the elbow. Malawi Proverb

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