arch

«arch» in Mova's school dictionary: a curved shape or structure, like the top of a doorway or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an arch, arches); verb (arch, arches, arched, arching); adjective (arch — playful, rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) An arch is a curved shape or structure, like the top of a doorway or a bridge, that goes up and over. tree →

2) The arch of your foot is the curved part underneath between heel and toes. tree →

3) To arch means to bend into a curved shape, like a cat arching its back. tree →

4) Arch- at the start of a word means chief or main, as in archenemy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and art pupils notice arches as curves and shapes in buildings. In history and technology, Romans built strong stone arches for bridges and aqueducts. In nature, a cat arches its back when scared or stretching; rainbows look like arches. Phrases: stone arch, arch your back, under the arch.

examples

• We walked under the old stone arch. tree →
• The bridge has three big arches. tree →
• The cat arched its back and hissed. tree →
• A rainbow made an arch across the sky. tree →
• The ballet teacher told us to point our toes and lift the arch of our foot. tree →
• The Romans were very good at building arches. tree →
• Flat feet have a low arch. tree →
• Batman's archenemy is the Joker. tree →
• The tin soldier could already see daylight shining where the arch ended. tree →

note

Plural: arches (add -es after ch). Verb: arched, arching. Arch is said like march, not like ark, except in some words like archaeology and architect (ark). Arches are strong because they push weight down the sides.

In the corpora

• There are passages and rooms everywhere, pillars, arches and stone floors.
• A puffed-up tail and an arched back mean a cat is frightened.
• Waves cut caves into headlands, the caves join into arches, and when arches fall, stacks are left.
• Romans were great engineers, building aqueducts for water, arches, domes and concrete.
• Cardboard looks weak, but its wavy middle layer makes it strong, like the arches under a bridge.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.