Usually means: Upper limb from shoulder to hand.
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We found 73 dictionaries that define the word arm:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. ARM, Arm, arm: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ARM, ARM, arm, arm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ARM, Arm, arm, arm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Arm, arm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arm: Vocabulary.com
  6. Arm, Arm, a'r'm, arm, arm: Wordnik
  7. arm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Arm, Arm, Arm: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Arm, arm: Wiktionary
  10. arm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. arm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. arm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ARM, Arm, ar.m: Dictionary.com
  14. arm (1), arm (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. arm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. ARM (company), ARM, Arm (disambiguation), Arm (geography), Arm (software), Arm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Arm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. arm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. arm: Rhymezone
  20. Arm (m), arm, arm, arm, arm (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. arm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. ARM, arm: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. arm: Free Dictionary
  24. arm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. arm: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. ARM, Arm: Dictionary/thesaurus
  27. arm: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  28. Arm, Arm: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. arm-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  3. Arm: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. arm: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ARM: Investopedia
  5. Arm (disambiguation), arm: Legal dictionary
  6. ARM, Arm (disambiguation): Financial dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ARM: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. ARM: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. Arm (disambiguation), arm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ARM, Arm: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Arm: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  12. Arm (disambiguation), arm: Medical dictionary
  13. ARM, Arm: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ARM: Acronym Finder
  3. ARM: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. arm: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Arm: Easton Bible

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. ARM: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. arm: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. A.R.M, arm, the arm: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ARM: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See armed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
noun:  (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
noun:  A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
noun:  The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
noun:  A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
noun:  (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
noun:  A branch of an organization.
noun:  (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
noun:  (baseball, slang) A pitcher
noun:  (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
noun:  A group of patients in a medical trial.
verb:  (obsolete) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
adjective:  (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
adjective:  (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
noun:  (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
noun:  (in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
noun:  (in the plural, obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
verb:  (transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
verb:  (transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
verb:  (intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate.
verb:  (transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
verb:  (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
verb:  (transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
adjective:  Abbreviation of Armenian. [Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.]
noun:  Initialism of accelerated reply mail (a service of the United States Postal Service)
noun:  Initialism of adjustable rate mortgage.
noun:  (computing) Initialism of Acorn RISC Machine or Advanced RISC Machine.

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