noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ left , right
▪ upper
▪
the muscles of the upper ~
▪ muscular , powerful , strong
▪ bony , skinny , slender , thin
▪ short
▪ hairy
▪ good
▪
He used his good ~ to support his weight.
▪ aching , bad , bleeding , broken , bruised , injured , sore , weak
▪
I have a sore ~, so I'm afraid I can't help you.
▪ bandaged
▪ prosthetic
▪ raised , upraised
▪ extended , open ( often figurative ), outstretched
▪
They're sure to welcome you with open ~s.
▪ comforting , loving , protective
▪
He placed a comforting ~ around her shoulder.
▪ waiting , welcoming
▪
Kris collapsed into her mother's waiting ~s.
▪ crossed , folded
▪
He stood there with crossed ~s, looking angry.
▪ shaking , trembling
▪ flailing
▪
She ducked his flailing ~s.
▪ bare
▪ tanned
▪ tattooed
VERB + ARM
▪ bend , flex , move
▪ lift , lower , raise
▪
The figure in the boat raised an ~.
▪ flap , swing , wave
▪
He was running forward, waving his ~s.
▪ break , dislocate , hurt , twist
▪ amputate
▪ extend , hold out , open , stretch out
▪
He held out his ~s with a broad smile.
▪ cross , fold
▪
She folded her ~s and stared at him.
▪ uncross , unfold
▪ hook , link
▪
The couple linked ~s and set off along the beach.
▪ catch , catch at , catch hold of , clutch , grab , grasp , take
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A hand reached out and caught hold of her ~.
▪
She moved closer to her father and took his ~.
▪ grip , hold , pat , squeeze , touch
▪ fall into
▪
They fell into each other's ~s.
▪ draw sb into , gather sb into , pull sb into , take sb in
▪
He pulled her into his ~s and kissed her.
▪ hold sb in
ARM + VERB
▪ drop
▪ bend
▪ dangle , hang
▪
His ~ hung awkwardly against his side.
▪ circle , slide , slip
▪
His ~s slid around her.
▪
Kate's right ~ flung around.
▪ cradle sb/sth
▪ clutch sb/sth
▪
His ~s clutched his stomach.
▪ rest
▪
Her ~s were resting on the table.
▪ tighten
▪
Her ~s tightened convulsively around the child.
▪ shake , tremble
▪ flail , swing , wave
ARM + NOUN
▪ injury
▪ muscle
▪ motion , movement
▪ gesture
▪ stroke , swing
▪ workout
PREPOSITION
▪ by the ~
▪
The officer grabbed him by the ~ ( = grabbed his arm ).
▪ in sb's ~s
▪
The child lay in its mother's ~s.
▪ on the ~
▪
She touched him gently on the ~.
▪ on your ~
▪
Lucy felt the warm sun on her bare ~s.
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He walked in with a tall blonde on his ~ ( = next to him and holding his arm ).
▪ under an/one/your ~
▪
She carried the dog under one ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in ~
▪
They walked along ~ in ~ ( = with the arm of one person linked with the arm of the other )
▪ at arm's length
▪
He held the dirty rag at arm's length (= as far away from his body as possible) .
▪ the crook of an/sb's ~
▪
She lay curled up in the crook of his ~.
▪ fling your ~s around sb/sth , put your ~s around sb/sth , throw your ~s around sb/sth
▪
He ran up to her and flung his ~s around her.
▪ in each other's ~s
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They fell asleep in each other's ~s (= holding each other) .
▪ with ~s akimbo (= with your arms bent and your hands on your hips)
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She stood looking at him with ~s akimbo.