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Arch   /ɑrtʃ/   Listen
Arch

noun
1.
A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening.
2.
A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet).
3.
A passageway under a curved masonry construction.  Synonym: archway.
4.
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it.
adjective
1.
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.  Synonyms: condescending, patronising, patronizing.
2.
Expert in skulduggery.
3.
Naughtily or annoyingly playful.  Synonyms: impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked.  "A wicked prank"
verb
(past & past part. arched; pres. part. arching)
1.
Form an arch or curve.  Synonyms: arc, curve.  "Her hips curve nicely"



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"Arch" Quotes from Famous Books



... the club; she had been there more than once with Miss Saunders, and found her way without trouble to-day to a big chair in a window arch, where she could enjoy the passing show without being herself conspicuous. A constant little stream of women came and went, handsome, awkward school-girls, in town for the dentist or to be fitted to shoes, or for the matinee; debutantes, in their exquisite ...
— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris

... which necessarily require a more perfect reformation: and whereas it has been declared and resolved, by the Lords and Commons assembled in parliament, that the present church government by archbishops, bishops, their chancellors, commissaries, deans, deans and chapters, arch-deacons, and other ecclesiastical officers depending on the hierarchy, is evil, and justly offensive and burdensome to the kingdom, and a great impediment to reformation and growth of religion, and very prejudicial ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various

... But there was an arch smirk on her countenance, and she continued looking at me with so much latent meaning in the expression of her eye, that I was fairly compelled to ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 • Various

... in the duke's best days, was overcharged. Villiers was no 'well-built arch,' nor could Charles trust to the fidelity of one so versatile for an hour. Besides, the moral character of Villiers must have prevented him, even in those days, from bearing 'the ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 1 • Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

... the glass showcase, glancing the while down at the small man, almost patronisingly. "Well, then, for your benefit, I was merely observing that you filled the bill of what dad here said a bit ago we all were." He smiled tantalisingly; again showing the vacancy in his dental arch. "You remember ...
— Where the Trail Divides • Will Lillibridge


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