arm

Meaning

1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
5. 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.
6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
7. A branch of an organization.
8. Power; might; strength; support.
9. (slang) A pitcher
10. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
11. A group of patients in a medical trial.

hand

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weapon system

right arm

elbow-rest

lower-arm

right hand

thoracic limb

bear arms

front leg

scout troop

trunk of eleplant

back of hand

cross member

dight

podetium

equip with weapons

furnish weapons

implement of war

prepare for combat

bomb arm

trial arm

study arm

arm bone

poker hand

supporting frame

support stand

tension arm

arm of force

cross arm

support frame

fore-limb

lever of force

fixed mount

supporting rod

pole support

fulcrum bar

rack post

bay bear

bear frame

arm of seine

arm-rest

bearing rod

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑːm/

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, 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”), Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).