Limb vs. Arm

Limbnoun

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

Limbnoun

A branch of a tree.

Limbnoun

(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

Limbnoun

An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Limbnoun

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

Limbnoun

(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

Limbnoun

(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

Limbnoun

(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

Limbverb

(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

Limbverb

(transitive) To supply with limbs.

Limbnoun

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

Limbnoun

An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.

Limbnoun

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

Limbnoun

An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Limbnoun

A border or edge, in certain special uses.

Limbverb

To supply with limbs.

Limbverb

To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

Limbnoun

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

Limbnoun

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

Limbnoun

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

Limbnoun

either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip;

Limbnoun

the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;

Limbnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Armnoun

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

Armnoun

(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

Armnoun

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

Armnoun

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.

Armnoun

(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

Armnoun

A branch of an organization.

Armnoun

(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

Armnoun

A pitcher

Armnoun

(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.

Armnoun

A group of patients in a medical trial.

Armnoun

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

Armnoun

(in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

Armverb

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Armverb

To supply with arms or limbs.

Armverb

To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

Armverb

To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Armverb

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

Armverb

(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Armverb

To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Armadjective

Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

Armadjective

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Armnoun

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

Armnoun

Anything resembling an arm

Armnoun

Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

Armnoun

A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

Armverb

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Armverb

To furnish with arms or limbs.

Armverb

To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.

Armverb

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

Armverb

Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Armverb

To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Armnoun

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

Armnoun

any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting;

Armnoun

an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

Armnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Armnoun

the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

Armnoun

the part of a garment that is attached at armhole and provides a cloth covering for the arm

Armverb

prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

Armverb

supply with arms;

Arm

In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. In common usage, the arm extends through the hand.