Definitions for forearm

forearm fore·arm

Spelling: [fawr-ahrm, fohr-]
IPA: /ˈfɔrˌɑrm, ˈfoʊr-/

Forearm is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in forearm (aefmorr).

Definitions for forearm

noun

  1. Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
  2. Zoology. the corresponding part of the foreleg between the elbow and the knee in certain quadrupeds.

verb (used with object)

  1. to prepare in advance or beforehand, especially for difficulties.

Origin of forearm

First recorded in 1735-45; fore- + arm1

Examples for forearm

It burned and surged from my trembling fingers into the flesh of her forearm.

He laid a hand reassuringly over that which trembled on his forearm.

Volunteers exposed a patch of their forearm and a machine blew air across it, enticing mosquitoes into a trap.

Almost the entire length of his forearm is covered in a tattoo of all of us from the 8-bit episode.

A loose strand across my forearm in the morning, later one at my desk.

He saw, up on her forearm, the row of angry little bruises, like someone had grabbed her hard.

That is the horse who will be able to plant his hind-legs well under the forearm.

His doctors insisted on immediate surgery and when Miles woke, his forearm was gone.

Burnham's hand fell heavily on his forearm and he checked as if throttled.

His forearm was bare now; the sear of a burn on it was plain to be seen.

Word Value for forearm
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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