arced
arced is the simple past and past participle of arc.
Meaning of arc
Verb
arc (third-person singular simple present arcs, present participle arcing or (rare) arcking, simple past and past participle arced or (rare) arcked)
- To move following a curved path.
- A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.2008, T. R. Elmore, Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1, page 106
- To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
- His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC, part 1 (The Seventh Day)
- To form an electrical arc.
Adjective
arced (comparative more arced, superlative most arced)
- Having the form of an arc; arched.
- Designing a tribal tattoo requires the capacity to draw up to 60 arced or swirled lines with no definite spatial or thematic structure[.]2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 215
Forms of arced
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | arcked |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more arced |
| superlative | most arced |
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Words that rhyme with arced
Questions about arced
- What does arced mean?
- Arced means having the form of an arc; arched.
- What is arced the simple past and past participle of?
- Arced is the simple past and past participle of arc.
- What part of speech is arced?
- Arced is an adjective.
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