/ɑːm/

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Meaning

The long part of your body between your shoulder and your hand.

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Word origin

From Old English earm, the old Germanic word for the arm.

Origin
Old English
Root
earm

Grammar

Gender
Pluralarms

Examples

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"Arm" is the part of the body between the shoulder and hand.

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"Arms" is the plural, because we have two of them.

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Here "arm" is the part of the body you raise.

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 6: arm, past, meeting and 6 more words.