| alarm | |
| 1. n. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. | |
| Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shakespeare. | |
| 2. n. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. | |
| Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1. | |
| 3. n. A sudden attack; disturbance. | |
| 4. n. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. | |
| Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Thomas Babington Macaulay. | |
| 5. n. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention. | |
| The clockradio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside | |
| 6. n. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time. | |
| You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock. | |
| 7. v. To call to arms for defense | |
| 8. v. To give (someone) notice of approaching danger | |
| 9. v. To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert. | |
| 10. v. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear. | |
| 11. v. To keep in excitement; to disturb. | |
