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ARCHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forming or resembling an arch
Example:
an arched ceiling
Synonyms:
arced; arched; arching; arciform; arcuate; bowed
Classified under:
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches
Example:
an arched passageway
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb arch
Context examples:
It was nothing but a rock, with one creek naturally arched by the force of tempests.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The phaeton was a very handsome affair; the horses arched their necks and lifted up their legs as if they knew they belonged to Doctors' Commons.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
For a moment I wondered where I could have seen that ungainly shape, that arched back with triangular fringes along it, that strange bird-like head held close to the ground.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The arched door stood right in the face of us, and on one side a lattice hung open upon its hinges.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was not, however, so saturnine a pride! she laughed continually; her laugh was satirical, and so was the habitual expression of her arched and haughty lip.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
At the end of fifteen minutes, the carriage swung in through a stone gateway and on between a double row of arched and interlacing walnut trees.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A rare syndrome characterized by low birth weight, delayed growth, mental retardation, behavioral problems, and a distinctive facial appearance (thin, arched eyebrows, low set ears, small teeth, and small nose).
(Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
The arched form consisting of a reddish-brown cortical substance running from one cortical column to the next between the base of the pyramid and the capsule in the kidney.
(Cortical Arch, NCI Thesaurus)
The Bedlington Terrier has a pear-shaped head, arched back and a thick, curly double coat that comes in a blue, liver, or sandy color.
(Bedlington Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
It was a big, round room with a high arched roof, and the walls and ceiling and floor were covered with large emeralds set closely together.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
