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Arch

Arch Meaning & Definition
Arch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arch?

[n] (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
[n] a passageway under an arch
[n] a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)
[n] a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
[adj] (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
[v] form an arch

Synonyms | Synonyms for Arch: arc | archway | condescending | curve | patronising | patronizing | superior

Related Terms | Find terms related to Arch: acute | apse | arc | arcade | arcature | arch over | arched roof | archway | artful | astute | banner | bantam | barrow | basket-handle arch | bend | bend back | bestraddle | bestride | bold | boundary stone | bow | brass | bridge | bust | cagey | cairn | camber | canny | capital | cardinal | ceilinged roof | cenotaph | central | champion | cheeky | chief | clever | clubfoot | cocky | column | concameration | concha | conspicuous | consummate | coquettish | cove | coy | crafty | cromlech | crook | cross | crowning | cunning | cup | cupola | curl | curvation | curvature | curve | cute | cyclolith | deceitful | decurve | deep | deep-laid | deflect | derisive | designing | devilish | digit | diplomatic | dog | dolmen | dome | dominant | elfish | elvish | embow | extend over | extraordinary | extreme | extremity | feline | fetlock | first | flex | flippant | focal | foolish | foot | footstone | forefoot | foremost | forepaw | foxy | fresh | full of mischief | geodesic dome | grave | gravestone | great | greatest | guileful | hang over | harefoot | head | headmost | headstone | heel | hegemonic | high-spirited | hoarstone | hoof | hook | hump | hunch | igloo | imbricate | impish | incurvate | incurve | inflect | ingenious | inscription | insidious | instep | inventive | jut | keystone | knavish | knowing | lap | lap over | leading | lie over | loop | Machiavellian | Machiavellic | magisterial | main | major | malapert | marker | master | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | mischief-loving | mischievous | mocking | monolith | monument | mound | necrology | notable | noteworthy | obelisk | obituary | ogive | overarch | overhang | overlap | overlie | override | overruling | pad | paramount | pastern | patte | paw | pawky | pedal extremity | pedes | pert | pes | pied | pillar | plaque | playful | politic | prankish | pranksome | pranky | predominant | preeminent | premier | preponderant | prevailing | primal | primary | prime | principal | prize | puckish | pug | pyramid | ranking | ready | recurve | reflect | reflex | reliquary | remembrance | resourceful | retroflex | ribbon | roguish | rostral column | round | ruling | sag | saucy | scampish | scapegrace | scheming | serpentine | shaft | sharp | shifty | shingle | shrewd | shrine | skewback | slick | slippery | sly | smooth | snaky | sneaky | sole | sophistical | sovereign | span | splayfoot | sportive | star | stealthy | stela | stellar | stone | strategic | stupa | subtile | subtle | supereminent | supple | swag | sweep | tablet | tactical | testimonial | toe | tomb | tombstone | tootsy | tope | topflight | trefoil arch | trickish | tricksy | tricky | trophy | trotter | turn | twitting | ungula | vault | vaulting | voussoir | vulpine | waggish | wary | wily | wind

See Also | abutment arch | aqueduct | arcade | bend | bridge | broken arch | camber | camber arch | colonnade | construction | corbel arch | curve | curved shape | diminished arch | entrance | entranceway | entree | entry | entryway | flat arch | flex | four-centered arch | haemal arch | headstone | hemal arch | impost | instep | keystone | metatarsal arch | neural arch | pectoral arch | pier arch | pointed arch | proscenium arch | rampant arch | round arch | rowlock arch | safety arch | scheme arch | scoinson arch | sconcheon arch | shoulder girdle | shouldered arch | skeen arch | skeletal structure | skene arch | skew arch | span | springer | squinch | straight arch | structure | trimmer arch | triumphal arch | Tudor arch | vertebral arch | voussoir | wall

Arch In Webster's Dictionary

\Arch\, n. [F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See {Arc}.] 1. (Geom.) 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. To form into an arch; to curve.
\Arch-\ (["a]rch-, except in archangel and one or two other words). [L. arch-, Gr. ?. See {Arch-}.] A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
\Arch\ (["a]rch), a. [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. [See {Arch-}, pref.] A chief. [Obs.] My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. --Shak.
\-arch\ [Gr. 'archo`s chief, commander, 'a`rchein to rule. See {Arch}, a.] A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

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