arch
🇺🇸
/ɑːrtʃ/
🇬🇧
/ɑːtʃ/
noun
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a curved structure that holds up weight above it
The stone arch supports the old bridge.
R
a curved structure that can be an entrance or monument
We walked through the marble arch into the park.
R
the curved middle part of the foot
His foot arch helps him walk comfortably.
R
anything that forms a curved shape at the top
The rainbow formed a colorful arch in the sky.
verb
R
to bend your body or part of it into a curve
The dancer will arch her back during the performance.
R
to form a curved line over something
The bridge will arch over the river.
adjective
R
acting like you know more than others
She gave him an arch look when he told the joke.
translation
a curved structure that holds up weight above it; a curved structure that can be an entrance or monument; the curved middle part of the foot; anything that forms a curved shape at the top
to bend your body or part of it into a curve; to form a curved line over something
acting like you know more than others
Word Forms
3rd Present
arches
Progressive
arching
Past
arched
Plural
arches
Perfect
arched