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Exact Match:

arm

the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

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"

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

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

Synonyms:

• accouter,
• advocate,
• affiliate,
• alpenstock,
• appendage,
• appoint,
• armlet,
• armor,
• armor-plate,
• athletic supporter,
• authorize,
• back,
• backbone,
• backing,
• bandeau,
• bank,
• barricade,
• battle,
• bay,
• bayou,
• bearer,
• beef,
• belt,
• biceps,
• bight,
• bless,
• block,
• blockade,
• boca,
• bough,
• bra,
• brace,
• bracer,
• bracket,
• branch,
• branch office,
• brassiere,
• bulwark,
• buttress,
• cane,
• carrier,
• castellate,
• cervix,
• champion,
• chapter,
• cloak,
• clothe,
• clothe with power,
• compass about,
• copyright,
• corset,
• cove,
• cover,
• creek,
• crenellate,
• crook,
• crutch,
• cushion,
• defend,
• deputize,
• dig in,
• division,
• dress,
• elbow,
• ell,
• embattle,
• empower,
• enable,
• endow,
• endue,
• energy,
• ensure,
• entrench,
• equip,
• estuary,
• euripus,
• extension,
• fence,
• fend,
• fit,
• fit out,
• fit up,
• fjord,
• force,
• forearm,
• fortify,
• foundation garment,
• frith,
• fulcrum,
• furnish,
• garrison,
• gear,
• girdle,
• guarantee,
• guard,
• gulf,
• gut,
• guy,
• guywire,
• hand,
• harbor,
• haven,
• heel,
• imp,
• inlet,
• insure,
• invest,
• jock,
• jockstrap,
• joint,
• keep,
• keep from harm,
• kyle,
• leg,
• limb,
• link,
• lobe,
• lobule,
• local,
• loch,
• lodge,
• mainstay,
• maintainer,
• make safe,
• man,
• man the garrison,
• mast,
• member,
• mine,
• mouth,
• munition,
• muscle,
• narrow,
• narrow seas,
• narrows,
• natural harbor,
• neck,
• nestle,
• offshoot,
• organ,
• outfit,
• palisade,
• patent,
• pinion,
• police,
• post,
• prepare,
• prop,
• protect,
• put in shape,
• ramification,
• reach,
• ready,
• register,
• reinforce,
• reinforcement,
• reinforcer,
• rest,
• resting place,
• ride shotgun for,
• rig,
• rig out,
• rig up,
• rigging,
• road,
• roads,
• roadstead,
• runner,
• safeguard,
• scion,
• screen,
• secure,
• service,
• shelter,
• shield,
• shoulder,
• shroud,
• sinew,
• slough,
• sound,
• spine,
• spray,
• sprig,
• sprit,
• spur,
• staff,
• standing rigging,
• stave,
• stay,
• steam,
• stick,
• stiffener,
• strait,
• straits,
• strength,
• strengthener,
• strong arm,
• support,
• supporter,
• sustainer,
• switch,
• tail,
• tendril,
• turn out,
• twig,
• underwrite,
• upholder,
• upper arm,
• vigor,
• walking stick,
• wall,
• wing,
• wrist