forearm

/ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,373 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: forearms

The forearm is the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist. Two bones in it, which is what lets your hand turn over.

Those two bones, the radius and the ulna, cross over each other when you rotate your palm, and that movement is the whole reason the arm is built this way. It carries the muscles that work the fingers, which is why grip strength is really forearm strength. There is a separate verb, forearm, meaning to prepare in advance, from the proverb about being forewarned.

Definitions of forearm

1nounforearmThe part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.B1+
“He had a long scar down his left forearm.”

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*h₂er-
Middle English
arm
English
arm
English, today
forearm

Built from

*h₂er- · Proto-Indo-European — to join, fit together

From fore + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”). arm comes from Middle English arm. From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥mós (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). 2

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 4 of A Man Called Ove.

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forearm in the wild

Both heads of the muscle arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm.
Biceps
While the long head of the biceps crosses both the shoulder and elbow joints, its main function is at the elbow where it flexes and supinates the forearm.
Biceps
The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist.
Forearm
Ultimately, the forearm is covered by skin, the anterior surface usually being less hairy than the posterior surface.
Forearm
In anatomy, flexor carpi radialis is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and (radially) abduct the hand.
Flexor carpi radialis muscle

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