I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an arch enemy (= main enemy, used for emphasis )
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The comic book character Lex Luthor is Superman’s arch enemy.
proscenium arch (= the arch over the stage where the curtain can be attached )
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the proscenium arch
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gothic
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On either side of the large doors is a gallery of Gothic arches facing west.
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Neville's eyebrows soared into a Gothic arch .
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This, in turn became a basic geometry for the pointed gothic arch .
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Once a Doge's palace, ornate stairways, gothic arches and balustrades remain.
triumphal
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It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
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Entering the village was like passing under an invisible triumphal arch , quite splendid.
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You will note that the triumphal arch meets the traveller straight off the Charles Bridge.
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The last element to be added was the magnificent triumphal arch at the entrance from the Piazza del Duomo.
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Apart from the interior triumphal arch , which is pointed, the other arches are semi-circular.
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Other Roman remains include the public baths and triumphal arch of Augustus.
■ NOUN
stone
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More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
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A neat stone arch and a flight of steps were built at the entrance and these have survived.
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She ran through the stone arch .
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Half way down was a stone arch over the tunnel entrance.
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The interior walls are also of plain brick with stone arches and columns and particularly fine late Gothic traceried windows.
■ VERB
build
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A path has now been built under the arch of the bridge at the east end of Glasgow Green.
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It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
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The bridge was built on nineteen great arches .
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It's quite easy to build the arch , however, if you are allowed to subtract stones as well as add them.
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Start by building a solid heap of stones, then build the arch resting on top of this solid foundation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lancet window/arch
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At the west end is a beautiful pointed window, and at the east end three lancet windows.
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He whiled away the time by contemplating the stained glass lancet windows behind the preacher and the holy table.
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Plasteel mullions divided the narrow, high lancet windows of stained armour-glass.
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The courtyard was overlooked by the lancet windows of the manorial home itself, and a large chapel.
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The fact that this contains three lancet windows shows that this was once a building.
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There was a patch of light from the lancet window making a pattern on the floor of the chapel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Graffiti covered the arch at the base of Fifth Avenue.
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It also has a horseshoe arch entrance to the sanctuary, but its decoration is poorer than that at S. Juan.
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It was built as a triumphal arch for King Matthias in 1614.
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More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
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Repeat for the other side of the arch .
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Sculptures of angels dance among the soaring arches that form the ceiling of the mission.
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The arch is a beacon for folks heading West.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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In full stride in the 400 meters, his head is arched back , his step shorter than the classic sprinter.
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He arched back stiffly in the chair.
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Feet braced, back arched , she put both hands on the machine, trying to wrest it back.
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His hands were on her smooth, arched back , sliding down the curve.
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The weight and angle of him; the true-to-life beard hair on him; arched back , educated hands.
■ NOUN
body
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Your body is arching , your pelvis is thrown forward. 12.07 am.
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I felt my body arching to meet his in a way that was familiar but new in its violence.
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Jezrael's body arched languorously; her dream-self believed she was nestling closer to the Magyar.
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I felt my body begin arching in a way it never had before.
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His body arched as jagged nails scored bloody tracks down his back.
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My body was arching and bucking uncontrollably beneath him.
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His body was arched as though he had been forced to retreat.
eyebrow
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The two silent students looked at each other, eyebrows arching .
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Her forehead was high, her eyebrows delicately arched .
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His cheeks sucked in and his eyebrows arched as if he were angry.
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As she read, her eyebrows arched .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The dog arched its back and showed its teeth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Rachel daintily arched one eyebrow as if I had mentioned inviting her servants to some feast or revelry.
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Strings of spittle hanging from pointed teeth to lower lip reflected moonshine as the cadaverous head arched skywards.
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The bar extends along the left wall with a stuffed marlin arched above it that I suspect was never really alive.
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The private swans arch out their feathers and preen and nourish themselves.
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They arch out to a five-foot width, then narrow quickly toward the bow and stern.
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Thick white branches arch as far out as the tree is tall, sometimes at seemingly impossible angles.
III. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an arch tone
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was right, in the arch sense that he meant it, as a means of chiding overanxious environmentalists.
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His soulless eyes are narrowed and sullen, and his arch goatee recalls an amoral Transylvanian count.