arm vs captain

arm

noun
  • A branch of an organization. 

  • A pitcher 

  • A group of patients in a medical trial. 

  • A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. 

  • A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses. 

  • The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. 

  • The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm. 

  • One of the two parts of a chromosome. 

  • Heraldic bearings or insignia. 

  • A bay or inlet off a main body of water. 

  • A weapon. 

  • The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. 

  • Power; might; strength; support. 

adj
  • To be pitied; pitiful; wretched. 

  • Poor; lacking in riches or wealth. 

verb
  • To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. 

  • To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency. 

  • To take up weapons; to arm oneself. 

  • To fit (a magnet) with an armature. 

  • To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate. 

  • To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip. 

  • To become prepared for action; to activate. 

captain

noun
  • The leader of a group of workers. 

  • An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel. 

  • The head boy of a school. 

  • A maître d', a headwaiter. 

  • A chief or leader. 

  • An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. 

  • A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. 

  • The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. 

  • One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official. 

  • A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel. 

verb
  • To act as captain 

  • To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. 

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