Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Arched work or formation; the arched portion of a structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The arched part of a structure.
- noun (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to
sagging .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
arch . - noun The
arched part of astructure . - noun nautical
hogging , opposed tosagging
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective forming or resembling an arch
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Examples
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Harder and faster, I rocked against his hand, breathing his name and arching my hips to create the friction that I needed so badly.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Harder and faster, I rocked against his hand, breathing his name and arching my hips to create the friction that I needed so badly.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Harder and faster, I rocked against his hand, breathing his name and arching my hips to create the friction that I needed so badly.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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We don’t get harmony, but we do get a kind of arching forward — always reaching, pursuing, longing, opening, rethinking.
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We don’t get harmony, but we do get a kind of arching forward — always reaching, pursuing, longing, opening, rethinking.
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We don’t get harmony, but we do get a kind of arching forward — always reaching, pursuing, longing, opening, rethinking.
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We don’t get harmony, but we do get a kind of arching forward — always reaching, pursuing, longing, opening, rethinking.
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He has contributed the over-arching plot of "Totem" as a parable of Darwinian evolution, "inspired by the foundation narratives of the first peoples."
'Totem' Should Top the Polls Paul Levy 2011
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From inside the sphere, Leah screamed, her body arching over the child before falling limp.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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She moaned, arching her back, as his fingers teased heat from her body.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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