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Adjective
Coming before all others in importance
“… since the start of her acting career her parents have steadfastly remained her arch supporters.”
Adjective
Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing
“Instinctive, impulsive melodies meet melancholia and melodrama in gay tales of arch commentary and frank observation.”
Adjective
Displaying or marked by rude boldness
“… was so arch as to ask him outright if he was wearing a toupee.”
Noun
A shape resembling an arch
“Through the arch of the cave, as far as the eye can see, misted peaks sit, poised like advancing waves.”
Noun
A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it
“The triple arch on Bridge Street, which spans the main road into town from Lurgan and Gilford, is similar to one photographed in the same place in 1933.”
Verb
Form or cause to form the curved shape of an arch
“The domed ceiling arching overhead.”
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