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arm

გამოთქმა: /ɑːm/

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Universal
  • 1each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand:she held the baby in her arms
  • a flexible limb of an invertebrate animal, e.g. an octopus.
  • a sleeve of a garment.
  • an ability to bowl, pitch, or throw a ball skilfully:he has a good arm
  • used to refer to the holding of a person’s arm in support or companionship:as they walked he offered her his arm he arrived with a pretty girl on his arm
  • used to refer to something powerful or protective:they have extended the arm of friendship to developing countries
  • 2a thing resembling an arm in form or function, in particular:
  • a side part of a chair or other seat on which a sitter can rest their arm: his right elbow was leaning on the arm of the chair
  • a narrow strip of water or land projecting from a larger body: a lake which was really an arm of the sea
  • 3a branch or division of a company or organization:the political arm of the separatist group
  • each of the types of troops of which an army is composed, such as infantry or artillery.
    [also understood as a figurative use of arm2]
  • 4 Mathematics each of the lines enclosing an angle.

arm in arm

(of two or more people) with arms linked: they walked arm in arm

as long as one's (or someone's) arm

informal very long:I have a list of vices as long as your arm

at arm's length

  • 1away from the body, with one’s arm fully extended:I held the telephone at arm’s length
  • 2avoiding intimacy or close contact:he has long fought to keep the government at arm’s length from big business

cost an arm and a leg

informal be extremely expensive: the coat had cost him an arm and a leg

give one's right arm

informal used to convey how much one would like to have or do something:I’d give my right arm to go with them

the long (or strong) arm of the law

the far-reaching power of the law: the long arm of the law caught up with him

put the arm on

North American informal attempt to force or coerce (someone) to do something:she started putting the arm on them for donations

under one's arm

between one’s arm and one’s body:Meryl tucked the papers under her arm

with open arms

with great affection or enthusiasm:schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms

within (or beyond) arm's reach

near (or not near) enough to reach by extending one’s arm:he came closer, almost within arm’s reach the bookshelf is within arm’s reach of my computer

armful

noun (plural armfuls)

armless

adjective

armload

noun

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