Meaning

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

  "She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”"

• The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

  "The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body."

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

  "the arms of an octopus"

• 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.

  "The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line."

• A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

  "Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain."

• A branch of an organization.

  "the cavalry arm of the military service"

• Power; might; strength; support.

  "the arm of the law"

• A pitcher

  "The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason."

• One of the two parts of a chromosome.

• A group of patients in a medical trial.

Meaning

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