arms

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)mz

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English < Old English earm, from Germanic *armi- or *arma-, from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *ar- (“‘to fit together’”). Cognates to Avestan arma and Old Persian arma.

[edit] Noun

arms

1. Plural form of arm.

   We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.

[edit] Etymology 2

13th Century, from Old French, Latin arma.

[edit] Noun

arms

1. (plural only; not used in singular form) Weapons.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.

2. (heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.

   The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

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[edit] Verb

arms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arm.

   If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: amrs
• ASRM
• mars, Mars
• MRSA
• rams
• SRAM

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

arms

1. indefinite singular genitive of arm