English to English
alarm
(/@/'l/A/rm
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noun (n)
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger(noun.feeling)source: wordnet30
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness(verb.communication)Example:
The empty house alarmed him.
source: wordnet30 - To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.(verb)source: webster1913