--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 46 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 46 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To arise is to begin or appear, usually a problem, question or chance.[↗](../../arise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, old) To arise is to get up or stand up.[↗](../../arise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If any problems arise, ask your teacher.[↗](../../arise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A question arose during the science lesson.[↗](../../arise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Call 999 if an emergency arises.[↗](../../arise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Difficulties may arise when the data is incomplete.[↗](../../arise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (old) «Arise, Sir Knight,» said the queen.[↗](../../arise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mist arose from the lake at dawn.[↗](../../arise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We'll help if the need arises.[↗](../../arise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; (Torah GEN.43.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'[↗](../../arise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'[↗](../../arise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Amnon said unto her: 'Arise, be gone.'[↗](../../arise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So will there arise enough contempt and wrath.[↗](../../arise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.1.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And upon whom doth not His light arise?[↗](../../arise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **aristocratic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Aristocratic describes people of the highest rank in a country, such as lords and ladies, and the grand, proud way they behave.[↗](../../aristocratic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The duke had an aristocratic air.[↗](../../aristocratic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The aristocratic lady looked down her nose at the children.[↗](../../aristocratic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her aristocratic family owned the big house on the hill.[↗](../../aristocratic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **arithmetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arithmetic is the part of maths about numbers and the four basic operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.[↗](../../arithmetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Arithmetic is the working out of sums, or how good someone is at it.[↗](../../arithmetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) The arithmetic of something is the numbers behind it, like «the arithmetic of the budget».[↗](../../arithmetic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have an arithmetic test on Friday.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mental arithmetic helps you add up prices in the shop.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Arithmetic includes adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 3, 7, 11, 15 is an arithmetic sequence, adding 4 each time.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your arithmetic: 6 × 7 is 42, not 48.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Simple arithmetic shows we don't have enough money.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her arithmetic is very quick.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Brooks, the Philosophy of Arithmetic, Phila- delphia 1876, II.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arithmetic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.[↗](../../arithmetic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arithmetic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos."[↗](../../arithmetic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arithmetic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **arithmetical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* About arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers.[↗](../../arithmetical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I made an arithmetical mistake in the sum.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 2, 5, 8, 11 is an arithmetical sequence.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Quick arithmetical skills help in shops.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle needs only arithmetical steps.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your arithmetical working.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An arithmetical slip cost me a mark.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../arithmetical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Decad, which is the sum of the four former, comprehends all arithmetical and musical proportions.[↗](../../arithmetical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arithmetical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Noah's ark was the huge wooden boat Noah built to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the great flood.[↗](../../ark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-covered wooden box that held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.[↗](../../ark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Judaism) The ark (Holy Ark) is the cupboard in a synagogue where the Torah scrolls are kept.[↗](../../ark/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In some old southern stories, an ark is a large wooden box or chest for keeping things in.[↗](../../ark/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Noah built the ark out of wood.[↗](../../ark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals went into the ark two by two.[↗](../../ark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ark floated for many days on the flood.[↗](../../ark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother has a wooden ark with pairs of animals.[↗](../../ark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ark of the Covenant held the Ten Commandments.[↗](../../ark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Torah scrolls are kept in the ark at the synagogue.[↗](../../ark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's jokes are so old they came out of the ark\![↗](../../ark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover; (Torah EXO.39.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.[↗](../../ark/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.35.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.[↗](../../ark/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.[↗](../../ark/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.15.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.[↗](../../ark/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.132.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ark/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **arm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One of the two long body parts from your shoulder to your hand.[↗](../../arm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The part of a chair or sofa where you rest your arm.[↗](../../arm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sleeve of a coat or shirt.[↗](../../arm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A long part that sticks out: the arm of a crane, an arm of the sea.[↗](../../arm/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Verb: to give weapons; «arms» can also mean weapons.[↗](../../arm/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Raise your arm if you know the answer.[↗](../../arm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke her arm falling off her bike.[↗](../../arm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your arms inside the bus.[↗](../../arm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He carried the ball under his arm.[↗](../../arm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked arm in arm.[↗](../../arm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat on the arm of the sofa.[↗](../../arm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My coat has a hole in the arm.[↗](../../arm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That toy costs an arm and a leg.[↗](../../arm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.[↗](../../arm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.'[↗](../../arm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.'[↗](../../arm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Or hast thou an arm like God?[↗](../../arm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength\![↗](../../arm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?[↗](../../arm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.53.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **armada** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large group of warships.[↗](../../armada/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Spanish Armada: the great fleet that King Philip II of Spain sent to invade England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I; it was defeated and wrecked by storms.[↗](../../armada/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Any large group of boats or vehicles.[↗](../../armada/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Spanish Armada sailed to attack England.[↗](../../armada/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Storms wrecked many ships of the Armada.[↗](../../armada/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The English sent fire ships among the Armada's ships at night.[↗](../../armada/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An armada of little boats rescued the soldiers.[↗](../../armada/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Queen Elizabeth I gave a famous speech when the Armada came.[↗](../../armada/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A colourful armada of yachts sailed into the harbour.[↗](../../armada/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **armadillo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An armadillo is a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in hard, bony plates like armour, which digs for insects with strong claws.[↗](../../armadillo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The armadillo rolled into a tight ball.[↗](../../armadillo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Armadillos dig for ants and termites with their claws.[↗](../../armadillo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The name «armadillo» means «little armoured one» in Spanish.[↗](../../armadillo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nine-banded armadillos usually have four identical babies.[↗](../../armadillo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An armadillo's shell is made of bony plates.[↗](../../armadillo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Armadillos live in Texas and South America.[↗](../../armadillo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant armadillo is as long as a child is tall.[↗](../../armadillo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **armband** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An armband is a band of cloth worn around the upper arm to show something, like that someone is team captain or that someone has died.[↗](../../armband/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Armbands are small inflatable rings worn on the arms to help children float while learning to swim; Americans call them water wings or floaties.[↗](../../armband/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little sister swims with armbands.[↗](../../armband/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Armbands are not a safety device, so an adult must still watch.[↗](../../armband/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain wore an armband on his sleeve.[↗](../../armband/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The players wore black armbands to remember a friend.[↗](../../armband/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Blow up your armbands before you get in the pool.[↗](../../armband/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The steward wore a yellow armband.[↗](../../armband/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't need armbands any more.[↗](../../armband/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He handed the armband to the new captain.[↗](../../armband/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **armchair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An armchair is a comfortable chair with side parts to rest your arms on.[↗](../../armchair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, before a noun) Armchair describes someone who talks about or follows something without doing it themselves: an armchair fan, an armchair traveller, an armchair expert.[↗](../../armchair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa fell asleep in his armchair.[↗](../../armchair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat curled up on the armchair.[↗](../../armchair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought a big red armchair for the living room.[↗](../../armchair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's an armchair football fan who never plays.[↗](../../armchair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an armchair traveller who loves reading about far-off places.[↗](../../armchair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Armchair experts on TV always know what the coach should have done.[↗](../../armchair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They were together in the armchair by this time, and Wendy plied him with more questions.[↗](../../armchair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **armful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As much as you can carry in one or both arms.[↗](../../armful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She came in with an armful of books.[↗](../../armful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad carried an armful of logs to the fire.[↗](../../armful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He picked an armful of flowers.[↗](../../armful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children brought armfuls of leaves.[↗](../../armful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She dropped her armful of shopping.[↗](../../armful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pupil carried an armful of chairs.[↗](../../armful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Minnikin, however, took home with him an armful of gold and silver hoops from the Troll’s ship.[↗](../../armful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **armhole** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The opening in a garment for the arm, or the armpit.[↗](../../armhole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.'[↗](../../armhole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And Jeremiah did so.[↗](../../armhole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.38.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armhole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **armistice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An agreement between enemies in a war to stop fighting, usually while they talk about peace.[↗](../../armistice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The armistice ended the fighting in the First World War.[↗](../../armistice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We hold a two-minute silence on Armistice Day.[↗](../../armistice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Both sides signed an armistice.[↗](../../armistice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The armistice began at eleven o'clock.[↗](../../armistice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Poppies remind us of the soldiers who died before the armistice.[↗](../../armistice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.[↗](../../armistice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **armless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Armless means having no arms.[↗](../../armless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The armless man could not hold the cup.[↗](../../armless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Armless and Legless were two brothers in the tale.[↗](../../armless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The armless one could not carry the sword.[↗](../../armless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **armlet** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A band or bracelet worn around the upper arm as a piece of jewelry.[↗](../../armlet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'[↗](../../armlet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armlet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets; (Prophets ISA.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armlet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **armor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle.[↗](../../armor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (The British spelling is «armour».).[↗](../../armor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To armor is to cover something with protection.[↗](../../armor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight put on his armor.[↗](../../armor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The swords and armor rattled.[↗](../../armor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers' shining armor glittered in the sun.[↗](../../armor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **armour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Armour is a strong covering of metal or leather that soldiers and knights wore in the past to protect their bodies in battle.[↗](../../armour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Armour is also strong metal covering on vehicles such as tanks or ships.[↗](../../armour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In nature, armour is a hard shell or scales that protect an animal.[↗](../../armour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight wore a heavy suit of armour.[↗](../../armour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An armadillo rolls up in its armour when it is scared.[↗](../../armour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Armour made it hard for knights to move quickly.[↗](../../armour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tortoise's shell is its armour.[↗](../../armour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tanks are covered in thick armour.[↗](../../armour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw old armour in the castle museum.[↗](../../armour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was dressed in full armour, and she challenged Art to fight with her.[↗](../../armour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.[↗](../../armour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **armoury** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where weapons and armour are kept, such as a room in a castle or a building used by an army.[↗](../../armoury/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A collection of weapons that a person, army or country has.[↗](../../armoury/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A set of skills, tools or ideas that someone can use to deal with a problem, like weapons ready for a fight.[↗](../../armoury/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US) A building where soldiers, such as the National Guard, meet and train; some old ones are now used for sports or events.[↗](../../armoury/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knights ran down to the armoury to fetch their swords and shields.[↗](../../armoury/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle armoury held hundreds of spears and helmets.[↗](../../armoury/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On our school trip we saw old suits of armour in the Tower of London armoury.[↗](../../armoury/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army's armoury includes tanks, ships and planes.[↗](../../armoury/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Patience is the best tool in a teacher's armoury.[↗](../../armoury/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper has a whole armoury of saves.[↗](../../armoury/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soap and hot water are a strong weapon in our armoury against germs.[↗](../../armoury/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In our town the old armory is now a basketball hall.[↗](../../armoury/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armoury at the Turning.[↗](../../armoury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armoury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD hath opened His armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of His indignation; for it is a work that the Lord GOD of hosts hath to do in the land of the Chaldeans.[↗](../../armoury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../armoury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **armpit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your armpit is the hollow place under your arm where it joins your shoulder.[↗](../../armpit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, rude) A place called «the armpit of» somewhere is the ugliest or least pleasant part of it.[↗](../../armpit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your armpits in the shower.[↗](../../armpit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My armpits get sweaty when I play football.[↗](../../armpit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse put the thermometer under my armpit.[↗](../../armpit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He carried the ball tucked under his armpit.[↗](../../armpit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is ticklish under the armpits.[↗](../../armpit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Deodorant stops armpits from smelling.[↗](../../armpit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hair starts to grow in the armpits during puberty.[↗](../../armpit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She hurt the muscle near her armpit.[↗](../../armpit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It rose to his armpits, and he scrambled to the table-top.[↗](../../armpit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/45/) **46** [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/47/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/45/) - next →: [page 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/47/) - ↑ back to [The English 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