arch

adjective

  1. 1

    naughtily or annoyingly playful

    teasing and worrying with impish laughter

    a wicked prank

  2. 2

    expert in skulduggery

    an arch criminal

  3. 3

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

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    a passageway under a curved masonry construction

    they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

verb

  1. 1

    form an arch or curve

    her back arches

    her hips curve nicely

Synonyms

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