All arm synonyms
arm
A a verb arm
- load β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- prepare β to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- supply β to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- fortify β to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- mobilize β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- appoint β If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- prime β of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- tote β Informal. to add up; total.
- deck β A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
- accouter β to outfit; equip, esp. for military service
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- outfit β an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- gird β to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- rig β Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- array β An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- furnish β to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- pack β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- load up β charge, fill
- make ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- mobilise β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
noun arm
- limb β Astronomy. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
- appendage β An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- member β a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- branch β The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- rod β a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
- wing β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- bender β If someone goes on a bender, they drink a very large amount of alcohol.
- biceps β Your biceps are the large muscles at the front of the upper part of your arms.
- bough β A bough is a large branch of a tree.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- fin β Slang. a five-dollar bill.
- flapper β something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- offshoot β a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
- projection β a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- prong β one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- triceps β a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- upper arm β the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.