one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

[ Syn: tree branch ]

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; the upper limb of the bow'

the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; the limb of the sextant'

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; the arm of the record player; an arm of the sea; a branch of the sewer

[ Syn: arm , branch ]