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arch

adjective
  1. naughtily or annoyingly playful
    pixilated
  2. behavior or attitude characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
    “They spoke in an arch tone to anyone they thought was inferior to them.”
    condescendingpatronizingpatronising
  3. expert in skulduggery
noun
  1. a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
    “Arches were used to hold up ancient aqueducts.”
  2. a passageway under a curved masonry construction
    “they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory”
    archway
  3. a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
  4. a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
verb
  1. to form an arch or curve
    “The dancer's back arches.”
    curve