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arched

  [ahrcht]
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–adjective
1. made, covered, or spanned with an arch or arches.
2. having the form of an arch.
3. Heraldry. noting an ordinary or partition line formed as a slight curve.
Origin:
1575–85; arch 1 + -ed 3

arch

1  [ahrch]
–noun
1. Architecture.
a. a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
b. an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
c. a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
d. the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
2. any overhead curvature resembling an arch.
3. something bowed or curved; any bowlike part: the arch of the foot.
4. a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot.
5. a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water.
6. Glassmaking.
a. a chamber or opening in a glassmaking furnace.
b. pot arch.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cover with a vault, or span with an arch: the rude bridge that arched the flood.
8. to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve: The horse arched its neck.
–verb (used without object)
9. to form an arch: elms arching over the road.
10. Nautical. hog (def. 14).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME arch(e) < OF arche < VL *arca, fem. var. of L arcus arc
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arch 1   (ärch)   
n.  
  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.
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.]
arched   (ärcht)   
adj.  
  1. Forming an arch or a curve like that of an arch.
  2. Provided, made, or covered with an arch.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Arched

Arched\, a. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : arched
Spanish: arqueado, abovedado, en forma de arco,
German: gewölbt,
Japanese: アーチ型の
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