arm1, n. 1. forelimb, anterior limb, brachium; appendage, limb, branch, ramification, bough, offshoot, scion; handle, lever, crosspiece, axle.
2. inlet, estuary, mouth; cove, lagoon, bay, bight, gulf; fiord, frith, Chiefly Scot. firth, channel, strait, sound, Scot. kyle.
3. power, might, force, strength, potency, Literary. puissance; authority, command, sway; support, protection, defense.
4. with open arms cordially, graciously, warmly, friendly, kind-heartedly.
arm2, n. 1. Usu.
arms weapons, armament, firearms, munitions, ammunition, Mil. materiel; guns, rifles, muskets, flintlocks, matchlocks; pistols, revolvers, six-shooters; shotguns, machine guns, howitzers, cannons, artillery, ordnance.
2. arms Heraldry, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, armorial bearings; coat of arms, blazon, blazonment, blazonry, emblazonry, emblazonment, crest.
3. up in arms excited, keyed-up, wrought up, worked up, roused, indignant, angry, on one's high horse.
-v.4. equip, accouter, outfit, fit out, gird, array, furnish, provide; prepare, ready, prime, forearm; man, take up arms, muster one's forces.
5. fortify, strengthen, gird one's loins, brace, steel, reinforce, buttress; support, defend, guard, protect, cover.
armada, n. fleet, navy, argosy, squadron, flotilla, Obs. escadrille.
armament, n. weapons, arms. See - arm2 (def. 1). armed, adj. equipped, accoutered, outfitted, girded, arrayed, furnished; readied, primed, prepared; fortified, armed to the teeth, strengthened, braced, steeled, reinforced, buttressed.
armistice, n. 1. truce, cease-fire, white flag, Mil. flag of truce.
2. reprieve, respite, rest, lull; interval, intermission, pause, stay, hitch, break, hiatus; stoppage, halt, cessation, stop; suspension, discontinuance, interruption, recess, abeyance, quiescence,
armor, n. 1. covering, protection, wrapping, sheathing; mail, chain mail, coat of mail, armor plate, armature.
2. Armor, shield, buckler,. Archaic, targe, Class. Myth, aegis; helmet, helm, armet, heaume, casque, sallet, sallade; morion, cabassett, comb morion, basinet, basnet, bascinet; visor, vizor, ventail, aven-tail; beaver, buffe, bever, wrapper, gorget; pauldron, epauliere, spaulder, monnion; rerebrace, cannon, couter, vambrace, cubitiere, elbow cop, gauntlet; cuirass, corselet, lorica, breastplate, backplate; fauld, culet, tasse, lame; cuisse, cuish, poleyn, genouillere, knee cop; greave, jamb, jambart, jambeau, sabaton, solleret; hauberk, byrnie, habergeon; allecret.
3. defense, safeguard, guard; bulwark, rampart, wall; shelter, cover, safety, protection; asylum, sanctum.
armory, n. 1. depot, magazine, arsenal, ammunition dump; military storehouse, storehouse, depository, repository, warehouse.