Arms
//ɑɹmz// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Weaponry, weapons. plural
- 2 plural of arm form-of, plural
- 3 plural of ARM form-of, plural
- 4 the official symbols of a family, state, etc. wordnet
- 5 A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement plural
"The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or."
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- 6 weapons considered collectively wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of arm form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
"If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!"
Antonyms
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More examples"The manager sat on the bench with his arms folded."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
Etymology 2
See arm.
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