{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "ɑrm" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/arm.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/arm.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European \nh₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).\n\ncognates\n\nAkin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Norwegian and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian (arma).", "From Middle English arm (“poor, wretched”), from Old English earm (“poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (“poor, ill”).\n\n\ncognates\n\nAkin to Dutch arm (“poor”), German arm (“poor”), Yiddish אָרעם (orem, “poor”), Swedish arm (“poor”).", "Back-formation from arms (plural), 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 1." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.\n\nShe stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”" }, { "mean": "(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.\nThe arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body." }, { "mean": "A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.\nthe arms of an octopus" }, { "mean": "The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.\nSynonym: sleeve" }, { "mean": "A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.\nThe robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line." }, { "mean": "(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.\nShelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain." }, { "mean": "A branch of an organization.\nthe cavalry arm of the military service" }, { "mean": "(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.\nthe arm of the law\nthe secular arm" }, { "mean": "(baseball, slang) A pitcher\nThe team needs to sign another arm in the offseason." }, { "mean": "(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome." }, { "mean": "A group of patients in a medical trial." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.\n1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.\n1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher; William Shakspeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: , London: Tho Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; , published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth." }, { "mean": "(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The Dictionary of the Scots Language" } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(usually used in the plural) A weapon." }, { "mean": "(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.\nThe Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field." }, { "mean": "(in the plural, obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.\nThe king armed his knights with swords and shields." }, { "mean": "(transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.\nRemember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.\nto arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "레퍼런스", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "See also Thesaurus:weapon" ], "kor": [ "" ] } } }