braccio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arm noun The part of the human body running from the shoulder down to the hand.
- beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
- cheek noun The soft, fleshy part on either side of the face, below the eye.
- fathom noun A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 metres), traditionally used to measure the depth of water.
Senses
braccio is used for these senses in English:
- arm (anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- arm A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
- beam (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- cheek (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
- fathom (chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
arm — full definition
- noun The part of the human body running from the shoulder down to the hand.
- noun A limb of an object or organization that sticks out from the main body, such as a chair arm, a crane arm, or a branch of a company.
- noun A narrow stretch of water or land reaching out from a larger body.
- verb To equip someone or something with weapons, or more loosely, with the tools needed for a task.
beam — full definition
- noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
- noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
- noun A wide, happy smile.
- verb To smile broadly and happily.
- verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.
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