arms
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See also: Arms
Contents
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See arm.
Noun[edit]
arms
- plural form of arm
- We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.
Etymology 2[edit]
13th Century, from Old French armes, Latin arma.
Noun[edit]
arms (plural only)
- (plural only) 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.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.
- The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
- plural form of arm
Translations[edit]
weapons
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Usage notes[edit]
- Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.
Verb[edit]
arms
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of arm
- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
Statistics[edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: ready · ought · written · #444: arms · across · answer · early
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Noun[edit]
arms
- plural form of arm
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
arms c
- genitive singular indefinite of arm
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
arms
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
arms
- indefinite genitive singular of arm
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- English plurals
- English non-lemma forms
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- en:Heraldry
- English verb forms
- English third-person singular forms
- Afrikaans plurals
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
- Danish noun forms
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Swedish non-lemma forms
