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arch (ärch) noun

1. A structure, especially one of masonry, forming the curved, pointed, or flat upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.

2. A structure, such as a freestanding monument, shaped like an inverted U.

3. A curve with the ends down and the middle up: the arch of a raised eyebrow.

4. Anatomy. An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.

verb

arched, arching, arches

 

verb, transitive

1. To provide with an arch: arch a passageway.

2. To cause to form an arch or similar curve.

3. To bend backward: The dancers alternately arched and hunched their backs.

4. To span: "the rude bridge that arched the flood" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

verb, intransitive

To form an arch or archlike curve: The high fly ball arched toward the stands.

[Middle English, from Old French arche, from Vulgar Latin *arca, from Latin arcus.]