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say it: ahrm
arm is a noun and verb meaning "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". It is pronounced /ˈɑɹm/ — ahrm. It carries 8 recorded senses.
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
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
“the arm of the record player”
“an arm of the sea”
“a branch of the sewer”
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
“he was licensed to carry a weapon”
the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
a division of some larger or more complex organization
“a branch of Congress”
“botany is a branch of biology”
“the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages”
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for arm come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.