ARCH
\ˈɑːt͡ʃ], \ˈɑːtʃ], \ˈɑː_tʃ]\
Definitions of ARCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)
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a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
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expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
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(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office; "his arch rival"
By Princeton University
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a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)
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a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
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expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
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(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office; "his arch rival"; "the boss man"; "the chief executive"; "head librarian"; "top administrators"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any part of a curved line.
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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.
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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.
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Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
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Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
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To cover with an arch or arches.
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To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
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To form into an arch; to curve.
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Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
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Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
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A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
By Oddity Software
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Any part of a curved line.
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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.
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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.
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Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
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Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
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To cover with an arch or arches.
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To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
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To form into an arch; to curve.
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Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
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Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
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A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
By Noah Webster.
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A structure of brick or masonry, the wedge-shaped part3 of which follow a curved line; usually forming the top of a door, window, or gateway; part of a curved line.
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To cover with a curved structure; to bend or curve.
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To form a bent or curved top or covering; curve.
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Chief; of the first rank: used as a prefix; as, archbishop; cunning; mischievous; coy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A construction of stones or other materials, arranged in the line of a curve, so as by mutual pressure to support each other.
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To cover with an arch: to bend into the form of an arch.
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Cunning: sly: waggish: mirthful: shrewd.
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ARCHLY.
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ARCHNESS.
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Used as a prefix: the first or chief.
By Daniel Lyons
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ARCHLY.
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ARCHNESS.
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Chief.
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To form into an arch; form an arch; curve; span with an arch or arches.
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Innocently cunning; roguish; playfully sly; coy.
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A bow like curve, structure, or object.
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Arch. A curved structure supported at the sides or ends only, and formed of distinct pieces fitted together to span an opening.
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Chief or principal; very great; extreme. In words beginning with the prefix arch-, the syllable arch- is pronounced arc-, before a vowel; as, archangel, before a consonant the pronunciatoin is arch-, as, archbishop, archduchess.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Chief; principal (mostly used as prefix).
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Part of a circle or curve; a curved, self-supporting structure.
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Playfully sly.
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To form an arch.
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Chief.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe