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braço — 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.
  • limb noun An arm, leg, or wing — a major projecting part of a body used for movement.
  • neck noun The part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders and trunk.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.

Senses

braço is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • armrest Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
  • futtock (nautical) Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.
  • limb (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
  • neck (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  • prong (sometimes, figurative) A branch; a fork.
  • upper arm (anatomy) The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

arm — full definition

  1. noun The part of the human body running from the shoulder down to the hand.
  2. 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.
  3. noun A narrow stretch of water or land reaching out from a larger body.
  4. verb To equip someone or something with weapons, or more loosely, with the tools needed for a task.

limb — full definition

  1. noun An arm, leg, or wing — a major projecting part of a body used for movement.
  2. noun A large branch of a tree.
  3. verb To cut the limbs or branches off something.

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