arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
(adjective) forming or resembling an arch; “an arched ceiling”
arched
(adjective) constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches; “an arched passageway”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arched
Curved.
arched
simple past tense and past participle of arch
• Echard, chared, echard, reach'd
Source: Wiktionary
Arched, a.
Definition: Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
