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ARMS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Synonyms:
arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):
heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
Meronyms (parts of "arms"):
crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):
quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Weapons considered collectively
Synonyms:
arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Meronyms (parts of "arms"):
arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):
ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
defence system; defense system (the weaponry available for the defense of a region)
gunnery (guns collectively)
hardware (major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile))
naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb arm
Context examples:
I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that moment her knees seemed to give way and she fell to the ground.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Walt's face reddened, and the striking-muscles of his arms and shoulders seemed to stiffen and grow tense.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Paralysis of the arms and legs is quadriplegia.
(Paralysis, NIH)
Participants are assigned to one of two or more arms in parallel for the duration of the study.
(Parallel Study, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Dark brown dust lanes snake across the galaxy’s bright arms and center, giving it a mottled appearance.
(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)
In the escalating arms race, one particular type of bacteria known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – MRSA – has developed widespread resistance to this class of drugs.
(Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA, University of Cambridge)
The Milky Way, the galaxy we live in, has a barred spiral shape, with arms of stars, gas and dust winding out from a central bar.
(Stars Found Far from Galaxy Center, JPL/NASA)
Almost all the polar cyclones, at both poles, are so densely packed that their spiral arms come in contact with adjacent cyclones.
(Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly, NASA)
They observed that during normal conditions, meningeal macrophages were on constant alert against threats, continually extending their thin arms and surveying their environment.
(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)
The loads on humeral bones from repeated pitches, the researchers found, led the bones in throwing arms to nearly double in strength.
(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)
