armnoun
uk/ɑːm/us/ɑːrm/arm noun (BODY PART)
A1 [ C ] either of the two long parts of the upper body that are attached to the shoulders and have the hands at the end:
C2 [ C ] The arm of a piece of clothing or furniture is a part of it that you put your arm in or on:
C2 When two people are arm in arm, they both have one arm bent at the elbow and passing around and supporting, or being supported by, the arm of the other person:
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- Her arm was bandaged from the elbow to the fingers.
- Without saying a word, she took hold of my arm and marched me off to the headmaster's office.
- He put his arm around her shoulder protectively.
- He ran up to her, his arms outstretched.
- She sat back in her chair and wrapped her arms around her knees.
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The arm
- acromial
- acromioclavicular
- acromion
- alar
- anconeus
- appendage
- cubital
- elbow
- glenohumeral
- glenoid
- infraglenoid
- infraspinatous
- subscapularis
- supraclavicular
- supraglenoid
- suprascapular
- supraspinatous
- triceps
- ulna
- underarm
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arm noun (WEAPONS)
weapons and equipment used to kill and injure people:
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Arms & munitions in general
- air-to-air
- air-to-ground
- ammo
- ammunition
- anti-aircraft
- arsenal
- battering ram
- battledress
- breastplate
- bulletproof
- catapult
- mustard gas
- nerve gas
- ordnance
- poison gas
- sarin
- stab vest
- strategic
- tear gas
- WMDs
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arm noun (OF LAND/WATER)
[ C ] An arm of land or water is a long, thin part of it that is joined to a larger area.
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Bays & gulfs
- basin
- bay
- channel
- cove
- gulf
- inlet
- lagoon
- narrows
- sea coast
- sound
- strait
- the Persian Gulf
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arm noun (OF ORGANIZATION)
[ C ] An arm of an organization is a part of it that is responsible for a particular activity or place:
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Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- committee
- empire
- fan club
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- friendly society
- housing association
- insignia
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the old guard
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Idiom(s)
armverb
uk/ɑːm/us/ɑːrm/[ I or T ] to provide yourself or others with a weapon or weapons:
C2 [ T ] to provide yourself or others with equipment or knowledge in order to complete a particular task:
More examples
- The police have to arm themselves against attack.
- In arming the dictator, the US was creating a Frankenstein who would threaten their influence in the region.
- Rioters armed with firebombs set light to police barricades.
- If he's not armed, don't shoot.
- War seemed inevitable and both sides were arming in preparation.
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Providing weapons or taking weapons away
- armament
- armed
- arms control
- arms race
- bare
- capability
- decommission
- disarm
- disarmament
- gun control
- militarized
- nuclear-free
- pack
- peace dividend
- rearm
- reinforce
- tooled up
- unarmed
- under arms idiom
- with your bare hands idiom
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