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arm
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Meanings
noun
  • each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
    E.g. she held the baby in her arms
  • a thing comparable to an arm in form or function, typically something that projects from a larger structure.
    E.g. cables will secure the boom to steel arms installed near the top of the tower
  • a branch or division of a company or organization.
    E.g. the political arm of the separatist group
  • each of the lines enclosing an angle.
verb
  • supply or provide with weapons.
    E.g. the security forces are armed with automatic rifles
  • activate the fuse of (a bomb, missile, or other explosive device) so that it is ready to explode.
    E.g. the bomb would be quite safe until it was armed

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