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arch

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Noun

  1. An inverted U shape.
  2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  5. An arc; a part of a curve.
  6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  7. The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
  8. A chief.
  9. Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).

Verb

  1. To form into an arch shape.
  2. To cover with an arch or arches.

Adjective

  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
  3. Principal; primary.
  4. Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.

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