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What does arm mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word arm? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
  2. (anatomy) 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. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
  5. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  6. A branch of an organization.
  7. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
  8. (baseball, slang) A pitcher
  9. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
  10. A group of patients in a medical trial.
Verb
  1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
  2. To supply with arms or limbs.
Adjective
  1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
  2. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
Noun
  1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
  2. (plural) heraldic bearings or insignia
Verb
  1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
  2. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
  3. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
  4. (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
  5. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
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