arm
verb/ɑːm/
/ɑːrm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they arm | /ɑːm/ /ɑːrm/ |
| he / she / it arms | /ɑːmz/ /ɑːrmz/ |
| past simple armed | /ɑːmd/ /ɑːrmd/ |
| past participle armed | /ɑːmd/ /ɑːrmd/ |
| -ing form arming | /ˈɑːmɪŋ/ /ˈɑːrmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to provide weapons for yourself/somebody in order to fight a battle or a war
- The country was arming against the enemy.
- arm yourself/somebody (with something) The men armed themselves with sticks and stones.
- (figurative) She had armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics.
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- [transitive] arm something to make a bomb, etc. ready to explode compare disarm see also armed
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma ‘armour, arms’.
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