The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See Art, Article.]
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
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Anything resembling an arm; as,
The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A branch of a tree.
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
(Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
An inlet of water from the sea.
A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
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Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
--Isa. lii. 1.Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
--Dryden.Arm's length, the length of the arm.
Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach.
To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. ``When arm in armwe went along.''
--Tennyson.To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse.
To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context idiomatic English) Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises. 2 (context idiomatic English) remain. To finish. (In a group of events or items) belonging to the subgroup that have not pass or have not been finished or have not been address yet.
Usage examples of "to go".
He had known, too, that any attempt on his part to go to her and comfort her, to reach out and hold her as he so much longed to do, to tell her how very, very much he loved her and always would, would achieve nothing and probably make her hate him even more.
I am and tell him to go to the nearest telephone, that it is vitally important that I communicate with him at the earliest practicable moment.
I showed a few things to Bye and Costain, the latter editor of post, and both told me to go to work myself.
This general solution would need about 50 letters per cipher alphabet, meaning that all five rotors would have to go through their combined cycle 50 times.
His wife told him that if he wanted to do anything with his machine in the United States, he ought to go there at once.
This furnished the cryptanalysts with an ocean of text and plenty of probable words to go fishing with.
Certainly it had taken a good deal of persuasion and coaxing on both her own part and that of her mother to gain his approval when she had wanted to go to university.
She had begged Claudia to go, but as she had quietly explained to Tara at the time.
When she had told Blade what she had boasted to a friend, they had had an argument during which he had hit her once very hard across the mouth before forcing her to go down on him thirstily with her mouth as he swore at her and not stopping until he had finally come, his semen spilling from her mouth and running down over her naked body.
Janice advised her, correctly reading her thoughts as she indicated that they were to go upstairs.
I had to go to the local village school, but he taught me at home, as well.
Katriona was a formidably intelligent young woman and Claudia had no doubts whatsoever that her father had not been overly ambitious in wanting her to go up to Oxford.
Only somehow or other she had found the energy and they did make love again, and it was only in the early hours of the morning, when she got up to go to the bathroom, that she suddenly realised what she had done or rather what she had not done.
She had suggested that perhaps Claudia might like to go back with them to recuperate for a while, but the doctor had already told Garth bluntly that the best possible thing for Claudia would be to encourage her to get back to work just as soon as she was physically capable.
There was no talk now of continuing with their search for a new home, or of his taking time off to be at home before getting on with his new job, but Claudia was still not well enough to be left alone or to go back to work.