forearm
1 Americannoun
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forearms
plural
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Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
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Zoology. the corresponding part of the foreleg between the elbow and the knee in certain quadrupeds.
verb (used with object)
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forearms,
present (3rd person singular)
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forearmed,
past participle, past
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forearming
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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forearmsimple
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forearmssimple
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have forearmedperfect
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has forearmedperfect
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am forearmingprogressive
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are forearmingprogressive
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is forearmingprogressive
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have been forearmingperfect progressive
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has been forearmingperfect progressive
Past
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forearmedsimple
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had forearmedperfect
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was forearmingprogressive
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were forearmingprogressive
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had been forearmingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of forearm1
First recorded in 1735–45; fore- + arm 1
Origin of forearm2
Example Sentences
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Your hand and forearm strength can be important to everyday functions, like opening a jar or turning a key in a difficult lock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Technically it’s a measure of the force produced by your forearm and hand muscles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His missing forearm prevented him from immediately returning to his previous occupation as a weaver.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Bankes believed the proof on the angles he had available came from the ripple of Williams' shirt as the ball touched his right forearm.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
It had teeth as long as his forearm and claws that could tear apart an oak tree.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
He had the strongest hands and the strongest forearms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Cylindrical "forearms" house small electric motors, known as actuators, which pull on metal tendons that move the fingers with precision.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Tesla last year reportedly scrapped plans to build thousands of units for internal use and has had difficulties designing the robots’ hands and forearms, as well as sourcing parts.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026
The hands are driven by motors that are packed into forearms the size of coffee cans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Dill’s father quickly opened and closed both hands, one finger at a time, making the serpents on his forearms ripple and writhe.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
But to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
The emotional charge of seeing their top scorer felled by a forearmed shot behind the action from their opponent’s star defenseman seemed to catapult the already surging Kraken to an entirely different level of play.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
If to be forewarned is to be forearmed, then the country, and D.C., should be on notice about what lies ahead unless steps are taken now to deal with potential dangers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
When it comes to tick-borne illness, forewarned is forearmed.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 7, 2022
These unexpected jolts from Larsen were difficult to prepare for, but Bobby’s continuous study of the old masters left him relatively forearmed.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
This, after all, is a woman who dislocated her shoulder three years ago while forearming a raccoon off her deck to protect her Labrador retriever.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2011
One of the smug assumptions of the cold war era was that the U.S. was forearming itself with a stockpile of strategically scarce commodities to see it through a wartime siege.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Forewarning," she said gloomily, "is a torture when forearming avails naught."
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
He had a presentiment that in this way God was forearming him for some extraordinary trial; and the loss of his wife seemed to him most likely to be that trial.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss
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