Meaning

15 senses
  1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

    She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

    Arm

    рука́ruká

    рука́ruká

  2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

    The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

    a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

  3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

    the arms of an octopus

  4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.

    the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for 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.

    The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

    I accidentally sat on my glasses and bent one of the arms.

    ру́чкаrúčka

  6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

    Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

    рука́вrukáv

  7. A branch of an organization.

    the cavalry arm of the military service

    a division of some larger or more complex organization

  8. (figuratively)Power; might; strength; support.

    the arm of the law

    the secular arm

  9. (slang)A pitcher

    The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

  10. One of the two parts of a chromosome.

    Arm

  11. A group of patients in a medical trial.

  12. (South Africa, slang)A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder.

Examples

2171 sentences
  1. I can't lift my right arm.

    Я не можу підняти праву руку.

    ruЯ не могу поднять правую руку.

    deIch kann meinen rechten Arm nicht heben.

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  2. She caught me by the arm.

    Вона схопила мене за руку.

    ruОна схватила меня за руку.

    deSie packte mich am Arm.

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  3. She has long arms and legs.

    Вона має довгі руки та ноги.

    ruУ неё длинные руки и ноги.

    deSie hat lange Arme und Beine.

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  4. Tom fell and broke his arm.

    Том упав і зламав руку.

    ruТом упал и сломал руку.

    deTom ist gefallen und hat sich den Arm gebrochen.

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  5. Tom took Mary in his arms.

    Том пригорнув Мері.

    ruТом обнял Мэри.

    deTom nahm Mary in den Arm.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
upper appendage from shoulder to wrist:
weapon:
Русский
By meaning 4
upper appendage from shoulder to wrist:
part of object:
bay or inlet:
weapon:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
upper appendage from shoulder to wrist:
weapon:

Origin

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *ar

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), 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”).

Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

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Forms

plural: arms
Singulararm
Pluralarms

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm:branchlimb
  • the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm:sleeve
  • any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting:weaponweapon system
  • a division of some larger or more complex organization:branchsubdivision

Word family

108 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • broke his arm
  • his arm around
  • on his arm
  • under his arm
  • by the arm
  • his right arm
  • arm around
  • put his arm
  • right arm
  • arm in arm
  • in his arms
  • his arms folded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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