bɹɑːntʃ bɹæntʃ ˈfɔɹtɪfaɪ ˈfɔːtɪfaɪ

sliːv ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən ˈwɛ.pən prepare oneself for a military confrontation The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East troops are building up on the Iraqi border supply with arms The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm the arm of the record player an arm of the sea a branch of the sewer the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting he was licensed to carry a weapon a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb a division of some larger or more complex organization a branch of Congress botany is a branch of biology the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages