Associations to the word «Alarm»

ALARM, noun. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

ALARM, noun. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

ALARM, noun. A sudden attack; disturbance.

ALARM, noun. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

ALARM, noun. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

ALARM, noun. An instance of an alarum ringing or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

ALARM, verb. (transitive) To call to arms for defense

ALARM, verb. (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

ALARM, verb. (transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

ALARM, verb. (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

ALARM, verb. (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

ALARM BELL, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see alarm,‎ bell.

ALARM BELL, noun. (figuratively) (usually in plural) A sudden awareness of danger.

ALARM CLOCK, noun. A clock with an alarm that can be set to sound at a determined time.

ALARM CLOCKS, noun. Plural of alarm clock

ALARM GAUGE, noun. A device attached to a steam boiler to indicate excessive steam pressure or insufficient water.

ALARM GAUGES, noun. Plural of alarm gauge

ALARM SUBSTANCE, noun. (zoology) chemical given off from the skin of a fish after injury that warns nearby fish of danger.

ALARM SUBSTANCES, noun. Plural of alarm substance

ALARM SYSTEM, noun. A burglar alarm.

ALARM SYSTEMS, noun. Plural of alarm system

ALARM, noun. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.

ALARM, noun. A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.

ALARM, noun. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.

ALARM, noun. A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.

ALARM, verb. Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us".

ALARM, verb. Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries".