ARCH

arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked

(adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful; “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”; “a wicked prank”

arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising

(adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

arch

(noun) (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

arch, archway

(noun) a passageway under a curved masonry construction; “they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory”

arch

(noun) a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

arch

(noun) a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

arch, curve, arc

(verb) form an arch or curve; “her back arches”; “her hips curve nicely”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

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

Any place covered by an arch; an archway.

(archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.

A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.

(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.

Verb

arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched)

To form into an arch shape

To cover with an arch or arches.

Etymology 2

Adjective

arch (comparative archer, superlative archest)

Knowing, clever, mischievous.

Principal; primary.

Noun

arch (plural arches)

(obsolete) A chief.

Anagrams

• Char, Rach, char, rach

Etymology

Clipping of Archibald or Archie.

Proper noun

Arch

A diminutive of the male given names Archibald, Archie.

Anagrams

• Char, Rach, char, rach

Adjective

ARCH (not comparable)

(statistics) Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity

Anagrams

• Char, Rach, char, rach

Source: Wiktionary


Arch, n. Etym: [F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See Arc.]

1. (Geom.)

Definition: Any part of a curved line.

2. (Arch.) (a) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed. (b) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

Note: Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of spanning an opening by resolving vertical pressure into horizontal or diagonal thrust.

3. Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

4. Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta. "Colors of the showery arch." Milton. Triumphal arch, a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph.

Arch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arched; p. pr. & vb. n. Arching.]

1. To cover with an arch or arches.

2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch. The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth.

Arch, v. i.

Definition: To form into an arch; to curve.

Arch- (ärch-, except in archangel and one or two other words). Etym: [L. arch-, Gr. Arch-.]

Definition: A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.

Arch, a. Etym: [See Arch-, pref.]

1. Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak.

2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. Tatler.

Arch, n. Etym: [See Arch-, pref.]

Definition: A chief. [Obs.] My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. Shak.

*arch. Etym: [Gr. Arch, a.]

Definition: A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

-arch. [Gr. 'archo`s chief, commander, 'a`rchein to rule. See Arch, a.]

Definition: A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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