n. - The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
n. - Anything resembling an arm
n. - The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
n. - A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
n. - A branch of a tree.
n. - A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
n. - The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
n. - An inlet of water from the sea.
n. - A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
n. - Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
n. - A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
n. - A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
v. t. - To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
v. t. - To furnish with arms or limbs.
v. t. - To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
v. t. - To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
v. t. - Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
v. i. - To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.