Dagens Engelsk ord

arm

arm

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

arm

1. n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

2. n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

3. n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

the arms of an octopus

4. n. 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.

The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

5. n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

6. n. A branch of an organization.

the cavalry arm of the military service

7. n. (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

the arm of the law

the secular arm

8. n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher

The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

9. n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.

10. n. A group of patients in a medical trial.

11. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

He's neither poor nor arm.

12. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

13. n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.

14. n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

15. v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

16. v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Remember to arm an alarm system.

17. v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

18. v. (figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

19. v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Svenska > Engelsk

arm

1. n-c. (anatomy) arm; the body part

2. n-c. arm; something extending from a body

3. adj. (dated) poor; to be pitied

4. adj. (dated) poor; with no possessions or money

Uttal

Exempelmeningar

Drop that knife or I'll break your arm.
    Släpp kniven, annars bryter jag din arm.
I hurt my left arm.
    Jag skadade min vänstra arm.
Give me your arm.
    Ge mig din arm.

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