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underarch

underarch verb: to form an arch beneath.

Verb

underarch (third-person singular simple present underarches, present participle underarching, simple past and past participle underarched)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To form an arch beneath.
    • And the trees that underarch the sky / And shadow the dreaming river.1886, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Dulce Cor: Being the Poems, page 45

Forms of underarch

third-person singular presentunderarches
present participleunderarching
past participleunderarched
pastunderarched

Origin of underarch

under- + arch

Questions about underarch

What does underarch mean?
Underarch means to form an arch beneath.
What part of speech is underarch?
Underarch is a verb.
What is the past tense of underarch?
The past tense of underarch is underarched.

Words near underarch in the dictionary

  1. underapproximated
  2. underapproximates
  3. underapproximating
  4. underapproximation
  5. underapproximations
  6. underarch
  7. underarched
  8. underarches
  9. underarching
  10. underargue
  11. underargued

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