arm
/ɑɹm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.73 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
noun
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
noun
The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
noun
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.
noun
A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
noun
A branch of an organization.
Example Sentences
- "She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”"
- "When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him."
- "And you stare at me In your Jesus Christ pose Arms held out Like you've been carrying a load"
- "The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body."
- "the arms of an octopus"
- "[…] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm 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”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂er-, arm, earm, *arm, *armaz, *h₂r̥mós
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹm/
- British English: /ɑːm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
arms (plural)
arms (present, singular)
arming (participle, present)
armed (participle, past)
armed (past)
armer (comparative)
more arm (comparative)
armest (superlative)
most arm (superlative)