ARMS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arms mean? 

• ARMS (noun)
  The noun ARMS has 2 senses:

1. weapons considered collectively

2. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

  Familiarity information: ARMS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weapons considered collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system

Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Meronyms (parts of "arms"):

arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):

ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

defence system; defense system (the weaponry available for the defense of a region)

gunnery (guns collectively)

hardware (major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile))

naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The official symbols of a family, state, etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms

Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):

heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)

Meronyms (parts of "arms"):

crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)

Domain category:

heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):

quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)

 Context examples 

As I turned away I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The forms of the beloved dead flit before me, and I hasten to their arms.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

His heavy arms hung loosely at his sides.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The gentleman offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without farther delay, and carried her down the hill.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He held up a little note with a coat-of-arms upon the envelope.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are putting the powder and the arms in the fore hold.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They include: • Trembling of hands, arms, legs, jaw and face • Stiffness of the arms, legs and trunk • Slowness of movement • Poor balance and coordination

(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

This happens when plaque builds up on the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the arms and legs.

(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 (PHQ-15) Pain in your arms, legs, or joints (knees, hips, etc.).

(PHQ-15 - Pain In Your Arms, Legs, or Joints, NCI Thesaurus)

But the man never turned, and, after stretching his arms above his head and yawning audibly, he retraced his steps to the forecastle scuttle and disappeared.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)