arch
adjective
- 1
naughtily or annoyingly playful
teasing and worrying with impish laughter
a wicked prank
- 2
expert in skulduggery
an arch criminal
- 3
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
noun
- 1
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- 2
a passageway under a curved masonry construction
they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory
- 3
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- 4
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
verb
- 1
form an arch or curve
her back arches
her hips curve nicely
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