1
as in curved
to cause to turn away from a straight line
the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked
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as in bowed
to turn away from a straight line or course
the path gradually arches off into the woods
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Recent Examples of arched
Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.
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Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Your chest should be upright and your torso should be slightly forward so that your back is flat and not arched or rounded forward.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Dec. 2025
The ballroom will also feature gold chandeliers, an ornate coffered ceiling, Greek Corinthian columns and tall, arched windows on each wall, in addition to room for a number of round tables and gold chairs.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Unlike the traditional French manicure, which traces a straight or slightly arched line on the tip, the curved French manicure is distinguished by its enveloping line, which follows the natural shape of the nail and extends slightly to the sides, creating a contrasting effect.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
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Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Your chest should be upright and your torso should be slightly forward so that your back is flat and not arched or rounded forward.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Dec. 2025
The ballroom will also feature gold chandeliers, an ornate coffered ceiling, Greek Corinthian columns and tall, arched windows on each wall, in addition to room for a number of round tables and gold chairs.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Unlike the traditional French manicure, which traces a straight or slightly arched line on the tip, the curved French manicure is distinguished by its enveloping line, which follows the natural shape of the nail and extends slightly to the sides, creating a contrasting effect.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arched
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The cosmos has three possible geometries—positively curved like a sphere, flat like an infinite plane or negatively curved like a saddle—but geometry alone doesn’t determine shape.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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The rear of the speaker is smartly curved to better hug your body when it is slung over your shoulder, too.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kleemann, who had been urged by her father, Mike, to try softball, shifted to catcher and was hooked.—
Sam Brief,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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First, David Perron hooked Pastrnak and, after Detroit won the initial faceoff, Mo Seider shot the puck out of the rink.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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With his head bowed and gaze fixed, the golden retriever looks less like a pet on a routine car ride and more like a main character in a melancholy music video.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Even when the crew at LateNighter pressed for specifics the day before SNL UK bowed, Peacock remained mum on the premiere time.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Not only is this location remote and hard to reach, but curled rattlesnakes and tarantulas lurk in nooks.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Her hair was curled into subtle Old Hollywood waves by Rena Calhoun using products from Hair Rituel by Sisley Paris and tools from Mane.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Two days after the Knicks were booed frequently while trailing by 30 points in the first half of their 114-97 loss to Dallas, the scoreboard was crooked in their favor.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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When other players noticed the rim was crooked, the Spurs' Jeremy Sochan jumped up and hung on it to try to straighten it out.—
Matt Young,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Jan. 2026
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A lot of people have bent the knee to this administration.—
Perry Stein The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Steeped in international cinema, Haghighi has since taken familiar tropes, forms, and genres and bent them in new directions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Emerald green steel tracks twisted overhead.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Arched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arched. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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