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Definition: Arching |
ArchingAdjective1. (architecture) forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arching" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjoining less yielding or restrained parts of the mass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Arch. b. Curved support for roofs of openings in mines; constructed archways in masonry. c. The development of peripheral cracks around an excavation due to the difference in stress between the skin rock and the rock in the stress ring. See also:V-arching d. The folding of schists, gneisses, or sediments into anticlines. e. The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil or rock mass to adjoining less yielding or restrained parts of the mass f. The fretting away of the periphery of a rock tunnel, usually converting it from a rectangular to a circular or elliptical section. The effect in the back is sometimes referred to as the "natural arch." The putting in of a lining built to an arch shape should not be referred to as arching butas "lining" or "putting in the arch. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ArchingSynonyms: arced (adj), arched (adj), arciform (adj), arcuate (adj), bowed (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Arching |
| English words defined with "arching": Alpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet ♦ Boston fern, bristle grass, bristlegrass, bullrush, bulrush ♦ Cameration, Canadian goldenrod, common rush ♦ dog hobble, dog laurel ♦ Fornicated ♦ genus Aerides, genus Sarcochilus, gliricidia ♦ Hogging, humpback, humpback whale ♦ Juncus effusus ♦ Languas speciosa, Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, Ligustrum obtusifolium ♦ meadow goldenrod, Megaptera novaeangliae ♦ Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis ♦ Sarcochilus, shell ginger, shellflower, soft rush, Solidago canadensis, swan orchid, swanflower, swanneck, switch-ivy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "arching": arching action, arching to a weakness ♦ embalmer assistant ♦ funeral-home attendant ♦ MORTUARY BEAUTICIAN ♦ V-arching. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Arching" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 84.72% of the time. "Arching" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 84.72% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.33% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6.94% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 72 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "arching": arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "arching": over-arching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
arching eyebrow | 17 |
arching back infant | 4 |
arching | 3 |
arching brow eye | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "arching"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 成拱形 (arched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | buevirkning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plooiing (folding, upfolding, upthrust, warping), opwelving (upfolding, upthrust, warping), opplooiing (upfolding, upthrust, warping), boogwerking. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | holvivaikutus, holvautuminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ploiement, plissement, effet de voûte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wölbend (arcing, cambering, vaulting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επενέργεια θόλου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קמירות (convexity, vaulting), קמור (arched, camber, convex, vault, vaulted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | effetto arco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 활 모양으로 함. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhoobey (bend, bow, coil, coiling, curl up, curve, double over, flex, hunch, incurvate, inflect, inflexion, loop, looping, sag, squirm, stoop, stooping, twine, winding, wriggle, writhe), lhoobagh (bending, bowing, coiled, convoluted, crooked, crooked morally, curved, curvilinear, faltering, inflexional, limber, plastic, pliable, serpentine, shifty, sinuous, snakiness, supple, terry, tortuous, twisting, vermiculate, willowy, winding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | archingay abaulamento (hogget cholera, vault). (various references) выкладка сводов. (various references) arqueo (burden). (various references) valvverkan, valvbildning. (various references) спорудження склепіння (vaulting), прогинання (sag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "arching": archings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "arching": countermarching, inarching, marching, outmarching, overarching, parching, researching, searching, starching. (additional references) | |
Words containing "arching": searchingly. (additional references) | |
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"Arching" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alchian, Alchin, apchin, arcain, archean, archi, archings, archins, Archlin, arcmin, Arechaga, Arkhi, Arkhund, arkin, arking, Auchan, Auchin, Farchog, irching, Rachan, raching, Rachlin, rahong, rasching. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "arching" (pronounced Ä"rkhing) |
| 5 | Ä" r kh i ng | marching. |
| 4 | -r kh i ng | overarching, scorching, torching. |
| 3 | -kh i ng | approaching, attaching, beaching, belching, bleaching, branching, breaching, broaching, bunching, catching, clinching, clutching, coaching, crouching, crunching, dispatching, ditching, drenching, encroaching, enriching, entrenching, etching, fetching, flinching, hatching, hitching, impeaching, inching, itching, latching, launching, leaching, lunching, lurching, lynching, matching, mulching, munching, overreaching, patching, pinching, pitching, poaching, preaching, punching, quenching, ranching, reaching, researching, retouching, retrenching, scratching, screeching, searching, sketching, slouching, snatching, snitching, squelching, stanching, stitching, stretching, switching, teaching, touching, twitching, unflinching, vouching, watching, witching, wrenching. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chagrin, charing. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: aching, arcing, caring, grinch, haring, inarch, racing. | |
-2 letters: acing, cairn, chain, chair, chang, china, cigar, garni, grain, naric, ranch. | |
-3 letters: agin, airn, arch, cain, carn, char, chia, chin, crag, gain, girn, gnar, gran, grin, hair, hang, inch, narc, nigh, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rich, ring. | |
-4 letters: ain, air, ani, arc, can, car, chi, cig. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-h-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: archings, chagrins, chairing, charging, charking, charming, charring, charting, crashing, marching, parching, ranching, reaching, roaching. | |
+2 letters: anchoring, archiving, branching, breaching, broaching, chagrined, cranching, hachuring, inarching, preaching, scarphing, searching, starching, trachling. | |
+3 letters: archaising, archaizing, archegonia, becharming, cashiering, chaffering, chagrining, chagrinned, chambering, chamfering, chaptering, charioting, charminger, charmingly, chartering, chattering, chivariing, cochairing, crashingly, craunching, grandchild, gynarchies, purchasing, ratcheting, rechanging, recharging, recharting, rematching, repatching, reteaching, scraiching, scraighing, scratching, trauchling, uncharging, uncharming, upreaching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 63 68 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. -.-. .... .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r c h i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0063 0068 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35846974758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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