Meaning of Arches | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Arches National Park, a national park in Utah
2. To form an arch or archlike curve: The high fly ball arched toward the stands.
3. A usually curved structure forming the upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.
4. A structure, such as a freestanding monument, shaped like an inverted U.
5. A curve with the ends down and the middle up: the arch of a raised eyebrow.
6. Anatomy An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.
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7. To provide with an arch: arch a passageway.
8. To cause to form an arch or similar curve.
9. To bend backward: The dancers alternately arched and hunched their backs.
10. To span: "the rude bridge that arched the flood" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
11. Chief; principal: their arch foe.

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Examples

“Underneath the arches I dream my dreams away, Underneath the arches On cobblestones I lay; Back to back we're sleeping, Tired out and worn, Happy when the daylight comes creeping, Heralding the dawn.”

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