FOREARM Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

forearm

verb

(ˌ)fȯr-ˈärm

Definition of forearm

as in to brace

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist

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Recent Examples of forearm The next moment, George Atkinson is forearming you in the jaw. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025 Diabetes blisters can develop on your fingers, hands, toes, feet, and sometimes forearms. — Barbie Cervoni, Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Health, 18 Oct. 2023 That’s key to forearm growth and health, says Greg Rose, who works with athletes at the Titleist Performance Institute. — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023 That led to Stoudemire and Boris Diaw leaving the bench as a scrum broke out that included Horry forearming Raja Bell. — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 18 May 2020 See All Example Sentences for forearm

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The entire domestic box office was bracing for the Independence Day doldrums.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 July 2026
But true lambrusco, made in the Italian province of Emilia-Romagna is dry, bracing and delicately effervescent.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

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Or mountains of chips covered in mole or salsa fortified with chile pasilla in Oaxaca.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
All of this came after Florida’s four trades for star forward Brady Tkachuk, starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom, backup goaltender Akira Schmid and fourth-line forward Garnet Hathaway to fortify what on paper was already a stout roster.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

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