arm

arm has 26 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• n.. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
• n.. Anything resembling an arm
• n.. The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
• n.. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
• n.. A branch of a tree.
• n.. A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
• n.. The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
• n.. An inlet of water from the sea.
• n.. A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
• n.. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
• n.. A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
• n.. A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.