arch
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French arche (“an arch”) (French arche), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
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[edit] Noun
arch (plural arches)
- An inverted U shape.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- (archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
[edit] Translations
inverted U shape
arrangement of trapezoidal stones
architectural element
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[edit] References
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
[edit] Verb
arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched)
- To form into an arch shape
- The cat arched its back
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to form into arch
[edit] Adjective
arch (comparative archer, superlative archest)
- Knowing, clever, mischievous.
- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
- Principal; primary.
- The man is my arch rival, without him I would have no competition.
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[edit] External links
- arch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- arch in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- arch at OneLook Dictionary Search
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[edit] Noun
arch m.
- sheet (in printing)
