arch
An inverted U shapeAn inverted U shape.
» The cat arched its back.
Die Katze machte einen Buckel.
Кошка выгнула спину.
Кіт вигнув спину.
Кішка вигнула спину.
Meaning
10 sensesAn inverted U shape.
Bogen
дуга́dugá, а́ркаárka
дуга́duhá, а́ркаárka
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
Bogen
а́ркаárka, сводsvod
An architectural element having the shape of an arch
Bogen
а́ркаárka, сводsvod
а́ркаárka
Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
to pass into the arch of a bridge
A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Fußgewölbe, Fußbogen, Spann
сводsvod
Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
In the Linux kernel, arch-specific code lives in the arch directory of the source tree.
(archaic)An arc; a part of a curve.
(obsolete)A chief.
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
Examples
36 sentencesThe cat arched its back.
Кіт вигнув спину.
ruКошка выгнула спину.
deDie Katze machte einen Buckel.
Tom arched one eyebrow.
deTom zog eine Augenbraue hoch.
He arched his eyebrows in surprise.
Здивувашись, він підняв брови.
deÜberrascht hob er die Augenbrauen.
The old man arched his back.
deDer alte Mann wölbte seinen Rücken.
She stretched by arching her back.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arcFrom Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.
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