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arching
 arch1semicircular archA. keystoneB. voussoirsC. springersD. impostsarch 1 A0403000 (ärch)n.1. A usually curved structure forming the 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.v. arched, arch·ing, arch·es v.tr.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).v.intr. 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.]
arch 2 A0403000 (ärch)adj.1. Chief; principal: their arch foe.2. a. Mischievous; roguish: "She ... was arch enough to inform the queen whenever I committed any folly that she thought would be diverting to her majesty" (Jonathan Swift).b. Teasing, ironic, or sardonic: "I know, Edy Boardman said none too amiably with an arch glance from her shortsighted eyes. I know who is Tommy's sweetheart" (James Joyce).
[From arch-.]
arch′ly adv.arch′ness n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  arching - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"arced, arciform, arcuate, bowed, archedarchitecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" |
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arching[′ärch·iŋ] (civil engineering) The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjoining less-yielding or restrained parts of the mass. A system of arches. The arched part of a structure. (geology) The folding of schists, gneisses, or sediments into anticlines. (mining engineering) Curved support for roofs of openings in mines. arching1. The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjoining less-yielding or restrained parts of the mass. 2. A system of arches. 3. The arched part of a structure.FinancialSeeARCHarching
Synonyms for archingadj forming or resembling an archSynonyms- arced
- arciform
- arcuate
- bowed
- arched
Related Words- architecture
- curved
- curving
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