arms
noun
[ ɑːmz ]
• weapons; armaments.
• "arms and ammunition"
Similar:
weapons (of war),
weaponry,
firearms,
guns,
ordnance,
cannon,
artillery,
armaments,
munitions,
instruments of war,
war machines,
military supplies,
materiel,
• distinctive emblems or devices originally borne on shields in battle and now forming the heraldic insignia of families, corporations, or countries.
Similar:
crest,
emblem,
heraldic device,
coat of arms,
armorial bearing,
insignia,
escutcheon,
shield,
heraldry,
blazonry,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma .
arm
noun
• each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
• "she held the baby in her arms"
• a thing comparable to an arm in form or function, typically something that projects from a larger structure.
• "cables will secure the boom to steel arms installed near the top of the tower"
• a branch or division of a company or organization.
• "the political arm of the separatist group"
Similar:
branch,
section,
department,
division,
subdivision,
wing,
sector,
chapter,
lodge,
detachment,
agency,
office,
bureau,
offshoot,
satellite,
extension,
• each of the lines enclosing an angle.
Origin:
Old English arm, earm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch arm and German Arm .
arm
verb
• supply or provide with weapons.
• "the security forces are armed with automatic rifles"
Similar:
provide,
supply,
equip,
furnish,
issue,
fit out,
fit up,
outfit,
rig out,
accoutre,
gird,
provision,
stock,
• activate the fuse of (a bomb, missile, or other explosive device) so that it is ready to explode.
• "the bomb would be quite safe until it was armed"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma ‘armour, arms’.
