Arm vs Arp - What's the difference?
arm | arp |
The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
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.
A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
A branch of an organization.
(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
* Bible, Isa. lii. 1
(baseball, slang) A pitcher
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
* Shakespeare
* Two N. Kins
To supply with arms or limbs.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
(computing, Internet) Address Resolution Protocol
As a noun arm
is sleeve; a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.As an interjection arp is
imitating the bark of a seal.arm
English
(wikipedia arm) {{picdic, image=Arm_flex_supinate.jpg , width=240 , height=310 , labels= , detail1=Click on labels in the image , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm , since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
- the arms of an octopus
- the arm of the law
- the secular arm
- To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
- The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
Derived terms
(derived terms) * armband * armchair * -armed * armful * armhole * arm in arm * armless * armlet * armlock * armpit * armrest * arm's reach * at arm's length * babe in arms * chance one's arm * cost an arm and a leg * forearm * in arm's reach * in the arms of Morpheus * the long arm of the law * lower arm * on one's arm * right arm * take in one's arms * take someone's arm * upper arm * with open arms * within arm's reachVerb
(en verb)- And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.
- Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.
- His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
(etyl), from (etyl) (m), from Latin , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
(derived terms) * armed * arms factory * arms race * army * bear arms * brothers in arms * coat of arms * firearm * in arms * lay down one's arms * present arms! * sidearm * shot in the arm * take up arms against * to arms! * unarmed * under arms * up in armsVerb
(en verb)- Remember to arm an alarm system.
- to arm''' the hit of a sword; to '''arm a hook in angling
- Arm yourselves with the same mind.