arch
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
architecture
geometry
mathematics
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos
Proto-Italic *arkuos
Latin arcus
Old French arc
Old French archebor.
Middle English arch
English arch
From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.
Inflected forms:
form: arches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: arches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: arching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: arched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: arched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: archer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: archest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An inverted U shape.
pos: noun
gloss: An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
pos: noun
gloss: An architectural element having the shape of an arch
pos: noun
gloss: Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
pos: noun
examples: to pass into the arch of a bridge
gloss: An arc; a part of a curve.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
pos: noun
gloss: The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
pos: noun
gloss: To form into an arch shape.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The cat arched its back.
GBR will either be letting operating contracts or running rail companies directly, depending on which party wins the next General Election. Whichever it is, you can be forgiven for arching an eyebrow at an infrastructure company being placed in overall control.
gloss: To cover with an arch or arches.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Knowing, clever, mischievous.
pos: adj
examples: I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
I was every day furniſhing the Court with ſome ridiculous Story; and Glumdalclitch, although ſhe loved me to Exceſs, yet was arch enough to inform the Queen, whenever I committed any Folly that ſhe thought would be diverting to her Majeſty.
“Oh!” cried Mrs. Green, with an arch laugh, “you are acquainted with Monsieur Margot, then?”
Blanche’s grey eyes gazed at Foker with such an arch twinkle that both of them burst out laughing […]
A certain melancholy that touched her countenance must have been of recent birth, for it had not yet altered the fine and youthful contours of her cheek, nor subdued the arch though resolute curve of her lips.
Lassiter ended there with dry humor, yet behind that was meaning. Jane blushed and made arch eyes at him.
Not trusting filmgoers to catch the drift, Ms. Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.
When you're watching a Wes Anderson film, you know it. Within seconds, you spot the symmetrical compositions, the horizontal camera moves, the blocks of garish colour, the san-serif lettering, the arch, wordy, vaguely melancholy humour and all the other elements that distinguish his comedies from everyone else's.
Ms. Brier specializes in point of view, or P.O.V., videos that confront relatable, often hateable characters, with a subtle sneer, gleefully rubbery body and arch delivery of generational catchphrases like “slay, queen” and “I got you,” often repeated for effect.
gloss: Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
pos: adj
tags: Ireland
gloss: Principal; primary.
pos: adj
examples: They were arch enemies.
the most arch act of piteous massacre
Challenger the super scientist, Challenger the arch-pioneer, Challenger the first man of all men whom Mother Earth had been compelled to recognize.
Derived words: abdominothoracic arch
antitwilight arch
aortic arch
aortic arch syndrome
arch bridge
arch dell
arch doxy
arched
arch enemy
Arches
archful
Archgrounds
arch harp
archivolt
archless
archlet
archlike
archlute
archmold
archmould
arch of the aorta
archtop
archway
archwire
archwise
archwork
balloon arch
bell arch
branchial arch
camber arch
counterarch
cycloidal arch
Dean of the Arches
dental arch
enarch
equilateral arch
fallen arch
first arch syndrome
flying arch
geostatic arch
gill arch
Golden Arches
Gothic arch
haemal arch
hemiarch
horseshoe arch
hyoid arch
hyoidean arch
interarch
jack arch
keel arch
keyhole arch
knife arch
lancet arch
Marble Arch
Maya arch
Mayan arch
midarch
Moorish arch
neural arch
nocturnal arch
oblique arch
overarch
palaeoarch
palatoglossal arch
palatopharyngeal arch
paleoarch
pectoral arch
pelvic arch
Persian arch
pharyngeal arch
proscenium arch
relieving arch
Royal Arch
safety arch
scheme arch
sea arch
semiarch
skew arch
smoke arch
stilted arch
straight arch
subarch
Syrian arch
tented arch
triumphal arch
Tudor arch
uparch
vertebral arch
wheel arch
zygomatic arch
archly
archness
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