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arms

/ ɑːmz /

plural noun

  1. weapons collectively See also small arms

  2. military exploits

    prowess in arms

  3. the official heraldic symbols of a family, state, etc, including a shield with distinctive devices, and often supports, a crest, or other insignia

    1. to carry weapons

    2. to serve in the armed forces

    3. to have a coat of arms

  4. armed and prepared for war

  5. to stop fighting; surrender

  6. military

    1. a position of salute in which the rifle is brought up to a position vertically in line with the body, muzzle uppermost and trigger guard to the fore

    2. the command for this drill

  7. to prepare to fight

  8. arm yourselves!

  9. indignant; prepared to protest strongly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arms1

C13: from Old French armes, from Latin arma; see arm ²
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Example Sentences

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The German arms maker’s growth will be more skewed to the fourth quarter than previously anticipated, partly because that is when several tens of orders from the German government are expected to come, they say.

“Derek held my arms and he was like, ‘Push against me as hard as you can,’” she says.

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She stood in my blind spot and waved her arms around.

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"I don't understand how they could be free. Doesn't anyone see Zainab's injuries?" said the teen's mother Asia, pointing to severe burns on her daughter's arms, legs, back and stomach.

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It is also developing the Flamingo, a Ukrainian-made long-range weapon, which officials in Kyiv say will reduce its dependence on U.S. and European arms.

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