ALL meanings of arm
arm
A a - verb transitive arm to make ready or equip with parts needed for operation 3
- intransitive verb arm to equip oneself with weapons, as in preparing for war 3
- intransitive verb arm to prepare for any struggle 3
- abbreviation ARM ARM is a type of mortgage where the interest rate may change according to changes in other rates. 3
- noun arm Each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 1
- noun Definition of arm in Technology 1. (processor) Advanced RISC Machine. Originally Acorn RISC Machine. 2. (company) Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. 3. (publication) ["The Annotated C++ Reference Manual", Margaret A. Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1990]. 4. (hardware) Active Reconfiguring Message. 1
- noun arm Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms. 1
- noun arm arms, Heraldry. the escutcheon, with its divisions, charges, and tinctures, and the other components forming an achievement that symbolizes and is reserved for a person, family, or corporate body; armorial bearings; coat of arms. 1
- idioms arm bear arms, to carry weapons. to serve as a member of the military or of contending forces: His religious convictions kept him from bearing arms, but he served as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross. 1
- idioms arm take up arms, to prepare for war; go to war: to take up arms against the enemy. 1
- idioms arm under arms, ready for battle; trained and equipped: The number of men under arms is no longer the decisive factor in warfare. 1
- idioms arm up in arms, ready to take action; indignant; outraged: There is no need to get up in arms over such a trifle. 1
- verb without object arm to enter into a state of hostility or of readiness for war. 1
- verb with object arm to equip with weapons: to arm the troops. 1
- verb with object arm to activate (a fuze) so that it will explode the charge at the time desired. 1
- verb with object arm to cover protectively. 1
- verb with object arm to provide with whatever will add strength, force, or security; support; fortify: He was armed with statistics and facts. 1
- verb with object arm to equip or prepare for any specific purpose or effective use: to arm a security system; to arm oneself with persuasive arguments. 1
- verb with object arm to prepare for action; make fit; ready. 1
- noun arm upper limb 1
- noun arm branch of an organisation 1
- noun arm weapon 1
- noun arm chair part: arm rest 1
- noun arm garment: sleeve 1
- transitive verb arm equip with weapons 1
- noun arm machine: arm like lever 1
- noun arm military: branch 1
- noun arm power 1
- transitive verb arm prepare for war 1
- noun arm The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. 0
- noun arm (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. 0
- noun arm A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. 0
- noun arm 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. 0
- noun arm (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water. 0
- noun arm A branch of an organization. 0
- noun arm (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support. 0
- noun arm (Slang) (baseball) A pitcher. 0
- noun arm (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome. 0
- noun arm A group of patients in a medical trial. 0
- noun arm (usually used in the plural) A weapon. 0
- noun arm (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia. 0
- verb arm To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. 0
- verb arm To supply with arms or limbs. 0
- verb arm To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. 0
- verb arm To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate. 0
- verb arm To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency. 0
- verb arm (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. 0
- verb arm To fit (a magnet) with an armature. 0
- adjective arm (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth. 0
- adjective arm (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched. 0