Arch
noun
A rounded shape that forms part of a doorway, window, or similar structure.
The church has beautiful stained glass windows with gothic arches.
Often appears as...
- gothic arch
- romanesque arch
verb
To bend into a curved shape.
The cat arched its back when it got scared.
Often appears as...
- arch one's eyebrows
- arch one's back
adjective
In a playful or teasing way.
She gave him an arch smile.
Often appears as...
- arch smile
- arch glance
noun
A person at the top of an organization or profession.
As the arch of his profession, he is respected by everyone.
Often appears as...
- arch of profession
- arch of organization
noun
A rounded shape that forms part of a doorway, window, or similar structure.
The church has beautiful stained glass windows with gothic arches.
Often appears as...
- gothic arch
- romanesque arch
verb
To bend into a curved shape.
The cat arched its back when it got scared.
Often appears as...
- arch one's eyebrows
- arch one's back
adjective
In a playful or teasing way.
She gave him an arch smile.
Often appears as...
- arch smile
- arch glance
noun
A person at the top of an organization or profession.
As the arch of his profession, he is respected by everyone.
Often appears as...
- arch of profession
- arch of organization
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Pro Tip 1/2Historical Styles
Recognize arches are key elements in historic architecture, often indicating a specific style.
The medieval castle featured massive romanesque arches.
Pro Tip 2/2Engineering Feat
An arch in bridges symbolizes strength and is found in many iconic structures.
The stone arch bridge has stood for centuries.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Styles
Recognize arches are key elements in historic architecture, often indicating a specific style.
The medieval castle featured massive romanesque arches.
Pro Tip 2/2Engineering Feat
An arch in bridges symbolizes strength and is found in many iconic structures.
The stone arch bridge has stood for centuries.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Styles
Recognize arches are key elements in historic architecture, often indicating a specific style.
The medieval castle featured massive romanesque arches.
Pro Tip 2/2Engineering Feat
An arch in bridges symbolizes strength and is found in many iconic structures.
The stone arch bridge has stood for centuries.
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An athlete uses physics...
can apply the same amount of force, but raise his body much higher than before. That means he can raise the bar so high that even when his center of mass can't go any higher, his arching body can. Fosbury's technique brought the high jump to new heights by splitting the jumper's body away from his center of mass,
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Rediscovering ourselves...
describes that wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch remove that stone and the arch collapses it is a powerful metaphor elephants termites bees are a keystone species now to get a grasp of the bigger picture it is important that you learn how to understand just a little
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
pointed down like this and was arching and its tail was going from side to side instead of up and down. So I immediately knew it was the largest tiger shark I've ever seen in my life and I've spent my entire life underwater. and I've seen plenty of tiger sharks.
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Looks aren't everything....
I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer was telling me to arch my back and put my hand in that guy's hair.
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What you can do with an...
early fish evolved a jointed oral jaw from one of the bony arches that supported their frontal gills. This exterior, oral jaw was perfect for capturing or chewing prey, but these early fish had a problem. They had no limbs to manipulate food while eating,
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The benefits of good...
like your elbows and wrists, are supported, using ergonomic aids if you need to. Try sleeping on your side with your neck supported and with a pillow between your legs. Wear shoes with low heels and good arch support, and use a headset for phone calls.
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Sir David Attenborough...
i've been trying to film the argus pheasant forever and every time we failed and so i thought i was going to end my my broadcasting life without ever having filmed the arches pheasant and it's it's beyond question one of the most dramatic
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The Impossible Bridge PIPE...
the consortium holds a design competition one of the most spectacular proposals requires building the largest arch bridge in the world I think you don't really get an idea of the magnitude of this arch you might get it
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Looks aren't everything....
just totally transformed what you thought of me in six seconds and in this picture I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life I was totally uncomfortable in the photographer was telling me to arch my
Video examples
Building Rome's...
the solution lay in three key architectural innovations that form the secret of Rome's great monuments the most important is the arch the arch is
Video examples
An athlete uses physics...
can apply the same amount of force, but raise his body much higher than before. That means he can raise the bar so high that even when his center of mass can't go any higher, his arching body can. Fosbury's technique brought the high jump to new heights by splitting the jumper's body away from his center of mass,
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
describes that wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch remove that stone and the arch collapses it is a powerful metaphor elephants termites bees are a keystone species now to get a grasp of the bigger picture it is important that you learn how to understand just a little
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
pointed down like this and was arching and its tail was going from side to side instead of up and down. So I immediately knew it was the largest tiger shark I've ever seen in my life and I've spent my entire life underwater. and I've seen plenty of tiger sharks.
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer was telling me to arch my back and put my hand in that guy's hair.
Video examples
What you can do with an...
early fish evolved a jointed oral jaw from one of the bony arches that supported their frontal gills. This exterior, oral jaw was perfect for capturing or chewing prey, but these early fish had a problem. They had no limbs to manipulate food while eating,
Video examples
The benefits of good...
like your elbows and wrists, are supported, using ergonomic aids if you need to. Try sleeping on your side with your neck supported and with a pillow between your legs. Wear shoes with low heels and good arch support, and use a headset for phone calls.
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
i've been trying to film the argus pheasant forever and every time we failed and so i thought i was going to end my my broadcasting life without ever having filmed the arches pheasant and it's it's beyond question one of the most dramatic
Video examples
The Impossible Bridge PIPE...
the consortium holds a design competition one of the most spectacular proposals requires building the largest arch bridge in the world I think you don't really get an idea of the magnitude of this arch you might get it
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
just totally transformed what you thought of me in six seconds and in this picture I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life I was totally uncomfortable in the photographer was telling me to arch my
Video examples
Building Rome's...
the solution lay in three key architectural innovations that form the secret of Rome's great monuments the most important is the arch the arch is
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DJ Qualls
American Actor
A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term.
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Seamus Dever
American Actor
My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like, arching exercises or anything, I promise! I try to maintain a neutral mass, but they just sort of go with whatever the situation is!
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Chuck Hagel
American Politician
Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly.
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Matt LeBlanc
American Actor
The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
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John D'Agata
American Writer
It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
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Kevyn Aucoin
American Artist
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
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Marco Polo
Italian Explorer
Without stones there is no arch.
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DJ Qualls
American Actor
A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term.
Quote examples
Seamus Dever
American Actor
My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like, arching exercises or anything, I promise! I try to maintain a neutral mass, but they just sort of go with whatever the situation is!
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Chuck Hagel
American Politician
Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly.
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Matt LeBlanc
American Actor
The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
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John D'Agata
American Writer
It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
Quote examples
Kevyn Aucoin
American Artist
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
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Marco Polo
Italian Explorer
Without stones there is no arch.
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