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forearm

forearm

79 1.0
The part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔrˌɑrm/
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  • His feelings were on his forearm, beneath her fingers where his sleeve would have been.
  • elbow and forearm
  • hand and forearm
  • wrist and forearm

Mist ankles, wrists, forearms, neck, front and back.

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Examples

  • That thing has your name carved into his forearm.

  • Her nanny got a tattoo on the forearm that reads in big black letters fighter.

  • And now I have the most highlighted forearm in the world.

  • I meant to go no farther when his right arm struck my forearm up and away, hard.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I'm still seeing neck, and because I see forearm right next to it, I'm seeing skin.

  • The first strike was to the forearm, which he raised using a large wrench.

  • The right forearm got swallowed up in the machinery.

  • With a second cut, he splits the skin of the forearm from elbow to wrist.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Did you know that Huff has born-to-lie tattooed on his forearm?

  • He had a bruise on his forearm after falling off his bike.

Synonyms

cubitus
vsforearm
  • Specialized
9.9

The part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist

ends at the wrist rather than extending to the fingers

Surface Forms

forearm singular
forearms plural

Morphology

forearm = arm (transparent) = fore + arm

Formed by the productive prefix 'fore-' + 'arm' and refers directly to the part of the arm, which learners can infer from the components.

Etymology

Forearm comes from the parts fore- 'front' and arm, so it literally means the 'front arm'. That's why a forearm is the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.